Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: hns3: fix a bug when getting phy address from NCL_config file

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Wed Nov 08 2017 - 09:31:04 EST


On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 03:52:22PM +0800, Lipeng wrote:
> From: Fuyun Liang <liangfuyun1@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Driver gets phy address from NCL_config file and uses the phy address
> to initialize phydev. There are 5 bits for phy address. And C22 phy
> address has 5 bits. So 0-31 are all valid address for phy. If there
> is no phy, it will crash. Because driver always get a valid phy address.

Hi Lipeng

Any plans for C45? The PHY address is still 5 bits, but do you need to
get the device type from your configuration file?

Andrew