Re: [PATCH net-next v2 07/10] net: phy: add generic helpers for direct C45 MMD access

[Andrew Lunn]

On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 12:51:52AM +0300, Ciprian Regus via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Ciprian Regus <ciprian.regus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Some PHYs support direct C45 register access but not C22 indirect MMD
> access (registers 0xD and 0xE). When discovered via C22, phylib routes
> MMD access through the indirect path, which won't work on these
> devices.
> 
> Add genphy_read_mmd_c45() and genphy_write_mmd_c45() as read_mmd/
> write_mmd callbacks that bypass the C22 indirect path and use the bus
> C45 accessors directly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ciprian Regus <ciprian.regus@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>

    Andrew