Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 18 Apr 2020 22:09:48 +0200 | From | Michael Walle <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: phy: broadcom: add helper to write/read RDB registers |
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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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