Re: [PATCH 10/14] net: dsa/mv88e6352: Implement EEPROM access functions

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Thu Oct 23 2014 - 09:55:10 EST


On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 09:03:18PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> MV88E6352 supports read and write access to its configuration eeprom.

Hi Guenter

I don't have the datasheet for the MV88E6352. Is the EEPROM built in,
or external on an i2c bus?

> +static int mv88e6352_get_eeprom_len(struct dsa_switch *ds)
> +{
> + return 0x200;
> +}

How do you handle the case of it being external and not populated.
Would it not be better to try to detect it here, and return 0 if it
does not exist?

Andrew
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