Re: [PATCH 3/3] net: ethernet: add driver for Aurora VLSI NB8800 Ethernet controller

["Måns Rullgård" <mans@mansr.com>]

Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> writes:

>>>> +static void nb8800_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev)
>>>> +{
>>>> +	struct nb8800_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
>>>> +	struct netdev_hw_addr *ha;
>>>> +	int af_en;
>>>> +
>>>> +	if ((dev->flags & (IFF_PROMISC | IFF_ALLMULTI)) ||
>>>> +	    netdev_mc_count(dev) > 64)
>>>
>>> 64, that's pretty generous for a perfect match filter, nice.
>> 
>> That's bogus; I forgot to delete it.  The hardware uses a 64-entry hash
>> table, and whoever wrote the old driver apparently didn't understand how
>> it works.
>
> Might be best to put the interface in promiscuous mode until you have
> proper multicast support. Since this is for a Set-Top box chip, having
> proper multicast support still seems like something highly desirable.

The code below should work correctly with any number of multicast
addresses.

>>>> +	phydev = phy_find_first(bus);
>>>> +	if (!phydev || phy_read(phydev, MII_BMSR) <= 0) {
>>>
>>> What is this additional MII_MBSR read used for?
>> 
>> On one of my boards, phylib misdetects a phy on the second ethernet port
>> even though there is none.  Perhaps I should revisit that problem and
>> look for a better solution.
>
> I think that would be best, if you are currently using the Generic PHY
> driver, consider writing a specific driver which would take care of
> quirky behavior.

The problem is that there is no PHY, yet for some reason reading the ID
registers appears to succeed.

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Måns Rullgård
mans@mansr.com