Re: [PATCH v1] net: phy: tja11xx: add TJA1102 support

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Tue Mar 03 2020 - 09:09:19 EST


> > Hi Oleksij, Heiner, Marc,
> >
> > You could also refer the solution implemented here as part of a TJA110x driver:
> > https://source.codeaurora.org/external/autoivnsw/tja110x_linux_phydev/about/
>
> OK, thank you!
>
> Suddenly, the solution in this driver is not mainlainable. It may match on
> ther PHYs with PHYID == 0.
>
> See this part of the code:
> #define NXP_PHY_ID_TJA1102P1 (0x00000000U)
> ...
> , {
> .phy_id = NXP_PHY_ID_TJA1102P1,
> .name = "TJA1102_p1",
> .phy_id_mask = NXP_PHY_ID_MASK,

Noooo

You cannot assume NXP is the only silicon vendor to manufacture broken
silicon with a PHY ID of 0.

Andrew