Re: [net-next PATCH v3 4/5] net: phy: Introduce fwnode_get_phy_id()

[Russell King - ARM Linux admin]

On Tue, May 05, 2020 at 05:15:16PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Tue, May 5, 2020 at 4:29 PM Calvin Johnson
> > +               if (sscanf(cp, "ethernet-phy-id%4x.%4x",
> > +                          &upper, &lower) == 2) {
> 
> > +                       *phy_id = ((upper & 0xFFFF) << 16) | (lower & 0xFFFF);
> 
> How upper can be bigger than 0xfff? Same for lower.

I think your comment is incorrect here.  Four hex digits can be larger
than 0xfff.  "1000" interpreted as hex is four hex digits and larger
than 0xfff, for example.

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