From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, olteanv@gmail.com,
Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>,
Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>,
open list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: phy: Document phydev::dev_flags bits allocation
Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 20:53:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YK6ZNbClPNCMl0Vx@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210526184617.3105012-1-f.fainelli@gmail.com>
On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 11:46:17AM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Document the phydev::dev_flags bit allocation to allow bits 15:0 to
> define PHY driver specific behavior, bits 23:16 to be reserved for now,
> and bits 31:24 to hold generic PHY driver flags.
Hi Florian
This is good as far as it goes. But do we want to give a hint that if
the MAC driver sets bits in [15:0] it should first verify the PHY has
the ID which is expected?
Andrew
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-26 18:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-26 18:46 [PATCH net] net: phy: Document phydev::dev_flags bits allocation Florian Fainelli
2021-05-26 18:53 ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2021-05-26 19:01 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2021-05-26 18:59 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2021-05-26 20:30 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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