Re: [PATCH v2 net-next v2 12/12] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: add addressing mode to info

[Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>]

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 02:31:53PM -0400, Vivien Didelot wrote:
> When the SMI address of the switch chip on the SMI master bus is not
> zero, some chips (e.g. 88E6352) use an indirect access through two SMI
> Command and Data registers, while others (e.g. 88E6060) still use a
> direct access.
> 
> Add a capability flag to describe chips supporting the Multi-chip
> Addressing Mode.
> 
> Use the SMI indirect access ops only for switches with this flag and
> change the direct SMI direct access ops to support non-zero chip
> address.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c |  6 +++---
>  drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.h | 16 +++++++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c
> index fc28a6c..8e12246 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/mv88e6xxx.c
> @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static int mv88e6xxx_smi_direct_read(struct mii_bus *bus, int sw_addr,
>  {
>  	int ret;
>  
> -	ret = mdiobus_read_nested(bus, addr, reg);
> +	ret = mdiobus_read_nested(bus, sw_addr + addr, reg);
>  	if (ret < 0)
>  		return ret;

If we are doing direct access, doesn't it means sw_addr is 0?

So isn't this pointless?

   Andrew