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SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: phy: broadcom: add helper to write/read RDB registers
Am 2020-04-18 17:55, schrieb Florian Fainelli:
> On 4/18/2020 7:13 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 09:28:56PM +0200, Michael Walle wrote:
>>> RDB regsiters are used on newer Broadcom PHYs. Add helper to read,
>>> write
>>> and modify these registers.
>>
>> It would be nice to give a hint what RDB means?
>
> It means Register Data Base, it is meant to be a linear register
> offset as opposed to the more convulated shadow 18, 1c or other
> expansion registers.

Oh I just found some comment to another linux patch explaining this.
Because there is no trace what RDB actually means in the datasheets
from Broadcom I've seen so far.

-michael

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