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From: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>
To: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org,
	Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v2 2/3] sh_eth: add support RMIIMODE register
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 14:45:42 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <51939F96.4090307@cogentembedded.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130515005117.GC12246@verge.net.au>

Hello.

On 15-05-2013 4:51, Simon Horman wrote:

>>> This change is motivated by the lager board which uses the r8a7790 SoC,
>>> an R-Car SoC. For this board setting the RMIIMODE register is necessary.

>>> This patch assumes this is valid for all R-Car SoCs.

>>     No, RMIIMODE register is not documented on R8A7778/9 SoCs and
>> this location is described as reserved. How's it called in R8A7790
>> manual, CXR15?

> It appears to be undocumented in the R8A7790 I have.
> Empirically it seems necessary for the lager/R8A7790.

    I wonder where you got the info then (and what writing 1 to this 
register means)...

> To be honest I am entirely unsure of its relevance to other SoCs.

> I wonder if a better approach would be to add a flag to platform
> data rather than struct sh_eth_cpu_data. This would allow the register
> to only be accessed on boards where it is known to be useful.

    Maybe...

>>> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms+renesas@verge.net.au>

WBR, Sergei


  reply	other threads:[~2013-05-15 14:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-05-14  2:37 [RFC PATCH net-next v2 0/3] sh_eth: add support for r8a7790 SoC Simon Horman
2013-05-14  2:37 ` [RFC PATCH net-next v2 1/3] sh_eth: add support for gpio reset Simon Horman
2013-05-14  2:37 ` [RFC PATCH net-next v2 2/3] sh_eth: add support RMIIMODE register Simon Horman
2013-05-14 13:48   ` Sergei Shtylyov
2013-05-15  0:51     ` Simon Horman
2013-05-15 14:45       ` Sergei Shtylyov [this message]
2013-06-05 20:43       ` Sergei Shtylyov
2013-06-28  1:41         ` Simon Horman
2013-06-28 14:31           ` Sergei Shtylyov
2013-05-14  2:37 ` [RFC PATCH net-next v2 3/3] sh_eth: add support for r8a7790 SoC Simon Horman

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