Re: [PATCH v5 08/12] net: stmmac: starfive_dmac: Add phy interface settings

[Guo Samin <samin.guo@starfivetech.com>]

在 2023/3/6 21:06:20, Andrew Lunn 写道:
>> Ugh, you're right. Both the syscon block, the register offset and the
>> bit position in those registers are different from gmac0 to gmac1, and
>> since we need a phandle to the syscon block anyway passing those two
>> other parameters as arguments is probably the nicest solution. For the
>> next version I'd change the 2nd argument from mask to the bit position
>> though. It seems the field is always 3 bits wide and this makes it a
>> little clearer that we're not just putting register values in the
>> device tree.
> 
> I prefer bit position over mask.
> 
> But please fully document this in the device tree. This is something a
> board developer is going to get wrong, because they assume MAC blocks
> are identical, and normally need identical configuration.
> 
> I assume this is also a hardware 'bug', and the next generation of the
> silicon will have this fixed? So this will go away?
> 
> 	Andrew


Hi Andrew, Yes, the hardware design does not take into account the feasibility of the software.
The next version will be fixed. Thank you. 
I will use bit position instead of mask, which is described in detail in the document.

Best regards,
Samin

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Best regards,
Samin