Re: [PATCH net-next v11 06/15] ax88179_178a: Add HW support for AX179A-based chips

[Andrew Lunn]

On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 02:01:48AM +0200, Birger Koblitz wrote:
> On 9/14/26 18:53, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > > +static const struct net_device_ops ax88179a_netdev_ops = {
> > > > +	.ndo_open		= usbnet_open,
> > > > +	.ndo_stop		= usbnet_stop,
> > > > +	.ndo_start_xmit		= usbnet_start_xmit,
> > > > +	.ndo_tx_timeout		= usbnet_tx_timeout,
> > > > +	.ndo_get_stats64	= dev_get_tstats64,
> > > > +	.ndo_change_mtu		= ax88179_change_mtu,
> > > > +	.ndo_set_mac_address	= ax88179_set_mac_addr,
> > > > +	.ndo_validate_addr	= eth_validate_addr,
> > > > +	.ndo_eth_ioctl		= usbnet_mii_ioctl,
> > > 
> > > dev->mii.mdio_read is never initialized for ax88179a, so
> > > dev->mii.mdio_read()
> > > through usbnet_mii_ioctl() is a NULL function pointer.
> > > 
> > > Something like:
> > > 
> > >    static int ax88179a_mii_ioctl(...)
> > >    {
> > >    	struct ax88179_data *data = netdev2data(net);
> > >    	return phylink_mii_ioctl(data->phylink, ifr, cmd);
> > >    }
> > 
> > Is this transitory? Does a later patch fix this up?
> > The aim is to remove all dev->mii accesses.
> > 
> 
> No, unfortunately, this is an mii-leftover. I thought that
> usbnet was emulating the mii ioctl somehow, not that it was expecting
> to be able to use a mii_mdio_read. I will remove the
> >>> +	.ndo_eth_ioctl		= usbnet_mii_ioctl,
> line, entirely.

It would be nice to use what is proposed, so the ioctl keeps working.

You can test it with mii-tool.

    Andrew