Re: [PATCH] net: phy: broadcom: stub c45 read/write for 54810

[Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>]

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On 8/11/2023 4:47 PM, Justin Chen wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 4:40 PM Florian Fainelli
> <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com> wrote:
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>> On 8/11/2023 4:29 PM, Justin Chen wrote:
>>> The 54810 does not support c45. The mmd_phy_indirect accesses return
>>> arbirtary values leading to odd behavior like saying it supports EEE
>>> when it doesn't. We also see that reading/writing these non-existent
>>> MMD registers leads to phy instability in some cases.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Justin Chen <justin.chen@broadcom.com>
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>> Thanks for submitting this fix, I would be tempted to slap a:
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>> Fixes: b14995ac2527 ("net: phy: broadcom: Add BCM54810 PHY entry")
>>
>> so we get it back ported to stable trees where appropriate. It is not
>> clear whether we should return -EINVAL vs. -EOPNOTSUPP which may more
>> clearly indicate the inability to support MMD registers?
> 
> Hmm agreed EOPNOTSUPP seems better here. Will submit v2 with fixes tag
> if there are no objections to this patch.

Since this is a fix, you will want to use [PATCH net] as the subject 
prefix per:

https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt

and wait 24hrs in case someone provides additional review that you can 
incorporate in your v2.
-- 
Florian

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