Re: [PATCH v2] net: mdio: mux-meson-gxl: set 28th bit in eth_reg2

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Christian Hewitt <christianshewitt@gmail.com>
Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>,
	Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>,
	Kevin Hilman <khilman@baylibre.com>,
	Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@baylibre.com>,
	Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-amlogic@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	stable@vger.kernel.org, Da Xue <da@libre.computer>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: mdio: mux-meson-gxl: set 28th bit in eth_reg2
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:43:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <17cfc9e2-5920-42e9-b934-036351c5d8d2@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250331074420.3443748-1-christianshewitt@gmail.com>

On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 07:44:20AM +0000, Christian Hewitt wrote:
> From: Da Xue <da@libre.computer>
> 
> This bit is necessary to enable packets on the interface. Without this
> bit set, ethernet behaves as if it is working, but no activity occurs.
> 
> The vendor SDK sets this bit along with the PHY_ID bits. U-boot also
> sets this bit, but if u-boot is not compiled with networking support
> the interface will not work.
> 
> Fixes: 9a24e1ff4326 ("net: mdio: add amlogic gxl mdio mux support");
> Signed-off-by: Da Xue <da@libre.computer>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Hewitt <christianshewitt@gmail.com>
> ---
> Resending on behalf of Da Xue who has email sending issues.
> Changes since v1 [0]:
> - Remove blank line between Fixes and SoB tags
> - Submit without mail server mangling the patch
> - Minor tweaks to subject line and commit message
> - CC to stable@vger.kernel.org
> 
> [0] https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-amlogic/patch/CACqvRUbx-KsrMwCHYQS6eGXBohynD8Q1CQx=8=9VhqZi13BCQQ@mail.gmail.com/
> 
>  drivers/net/mdio/mdio-mux-meson-gxl.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-mux-meson-gxl.c b/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-mux-meson-gxl.c
> index 00c66240136b..fc5883387718 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-mux-meson-gxl.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-mux-meson-gxl.c
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
>  #define  REG2_LEDACT		GENMASK(23, 22)
>  #define  REG2_LEDLINK		GENMASK(25, 24)
>  #define  REG2_DIV4SEL		BIT(27)
> +#define  REG2_RESERVED_28	BIT(28)

It must have some meaning, it cannot be reserved. So lets try to find
a better name.

	Andrew

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