Re: [PATCH] NET: Support clause 45 MDIO commands at the MDIO bus level

[David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>]

From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:17:42 -0700

> IEEE 802.3ae clause 45 specifies a somewhat modified MDIO protocol
> for use by 10GIGE phys. The main change is a 21 bit address split into
> a 5 bit device ID and a 16 bit register offset. The definition is designed
> so that normal and extended devices can run on the same MDIO bus.
> 
> Extend mdio-bitbang to do the new protocol. At the MDIO bus level the
> protocol is requested by or'ing MII_ADDR_C45 into the register offset.
> 
> Make phy_read/phy_write/etc pass a full 32 bit register offset.
> 
> This does not attempt to make the phy layer support C45 style PHYs, just
> to provide the MDIO bus support.
> 
> Tested against a Broadcom 10GE phy with ID 0x206034, and several
> Broadcom 10/100/1000 Phys in normal mode.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe@obsidianresearch.com>

Applied.