Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/6] net: dsa: qca: ar9331: reorder MDIO write sequence

From: Vladimir Oltean
Date: Mon Aug 02 2021 - 10:18:08 EST


On Mon, Aug 02, 2021 at 03:10:32PM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> In case of this switch we work with 32bit registers on top of 16bit
> bus. Some registers (for example access to forwarding database) have
> trigger bit on the first 16bit half of request and the result +
> configuration of request in the second half. Without this patch, we would
> trigger database operation and overwrite result in one run.
>
> To make it work properly, we should do the second part of transfer
> before the first one is done.
>
> So far, this rule seems to work for all registers on this switch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
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Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@xxxxxxxxx>