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SubjectRE: [PATCH v2 2/3] net: ethernet: cadence: add c45 PHY support in MDIO read/write functions.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
>Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2019 7:55 PM
>To: Parshuram Raju Thombare <pthombar@cadence.com>
>Cc: nicolas.ferre@microchip.com; davem@davemloft.net;
>netdev@vger.kernel.org; f.fainelli@gmail.com; hkallweit1@gmail.com; linux-
>kernel@vger.kernel.org; Rafal Ciepiela <rafalc@cadence.com>; Piotr Sroka
><piotrs@cadence.com>; Jan Kotas <jank@cadence.com>
>Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] net: ethernet: cadence: add c45 PHY support in MDIO
>read/write functions.
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>On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 05:42:28PM +0000, Parshuram Thombare wrote:
>> Sorry for sending this patch again, but I didn't sent previous email
>> --in-reply-to last comment on v1 of this patch. So rectifying this
>> mistake.
>>
>> This version 2 of patch to modify MDIO read/write functions to support
>> communication with C45 PHY in Cadence ethernet controller driver.
>>
>> Changes:
>> 1. Added timeout
>> 2. Removed unused operation macro
>MACB_MAN_C45_POST_READ_INCR
>>
>> I thought of starting with relatively smaller, independant and simpler changes.
>> This patch is independant of patch series and looks relatively
>> straight forward with aim of supporting C45 PHY for support of high speed
>PHY's.
>
>Hi Parshuram
>
>Something i asked last time, but i'm not sure i got an answer. Do all generations
>of the MDIO controller support C45? If the older versions only support C22, we
>need to be sure it does the right thing when asked to do a C45 transfer.

Hi Andrew,

There are some older versions of controller which doesn't support C45. I will make
sure that driver return error for C45 transfer requests when it is not supported by
controller.

>
> Andrew

Regards,
Parshuram Thombare

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