Re: [PATCH 5/9] ax88179_178a: Add support for ethtool pause parameter configuration

[Birger Koblitz]

> Thanks for these numbers.
>
> > Renkforce AX88179A: ID1 7c9f, ID2 7061
> > Delock AX88279  ID1 03a2, ID2 a411
>
> air_en8811h.c:#define EN8811H_PHY_ID		0x03a2a411
>
> > UGreen AX88772D ID1 e65b, ID2 2c61
> > TP-Link AX88179A ID1 e65b, ID2 2c61
>
> The two ID registers contain part of an OUI, but it has some bits
> missing. So it is not so easy to look it up.
>
> However, anything using the MII framework basically assumes a very
> simple PHY and only looks at the 802.3 defined registers. So the
> genphy generic PHY driver might be sufficient for when there is not a
> specific driver. At lot depends on how much extra code there is
> accessing the PHY registers in the driver.
I also found
#define PHY_ID_ASIX_AX88772A         0x003b1861
Which has the same ending as the AX88179A at least. So hopefully these
IDs are stable across firmware versions.
So, I will give phylink a try and send a new patch version out. I am a
bit worried because the PHYs are real divas, getting them to survive
a suspend/resume cycle was a bit like herding fleas: get one of them
to survive a cycle made another one come out completely dead back from
resume, and in need of unplug/plug. So that took a lot of
experimentation to get right. The out-of-tree driver by ASIX is of
little help, because it implements a complete USB device and is not
using usbnet.

Birger