From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E36FC352AA for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2019 16:06:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20AB82168B for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2019 16:06:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1733228AbfJAQGx (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Oct 2019 12:06:53 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.9]:49052 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727361AbfJAQGx (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Oct 2019 12:06:53 -0400 Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f00:1e2::3d5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 02A5B154925AE; Tue, 1 Oct 2019 09:06:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:06:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20191001.090651.796983023328992596.davem@davemloft.net> To: icenowy@aosc.io Cc: robh+dt@kernel.org, mark.rutland@arm.com, mripard@kernel.org, wens@csie.org, andrew@lunn.ch, f.fainelli@gmail.com, hkallweit1@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-sunxi@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Pine64+ specific hacks for RTL8211E Ethernet PHY From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20191001082912.12905-1-icenowy@aosc.io> References: <20191001082912.12905-1-icenowy@aosc.io> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:06:52 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Icenowy Zheng Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 16:29:09 +0800 > There're some Pine64+ boards known to have broken RTL8211E chips, and > a hack is given by Pine64+, which is said to be from Realtek. > > This patchset adds the hack. > > The hack is taken from U-Boot, and it contains magic numbers without > any document. Please contact Realtek and try to get an explanation about this. I understand that eventually we may not get a proper explanation but I really want you to put forth real effort to nail down whats going on here before I even consider these patches seriously. Thank you.