RE: [PATCH v2 2/2] net: ethernet: Add driver for Sunplus SP7021

[Wells Lu 呂芳騰]

Hi Andrew,

I set phy-id registers to 30 and 31 and found the read-back
values of mdio read commands from CPU are all 0x0000.

I consulted with an ASIC engineer. She confirmed that if
phy-id of a mdio command from CPU does not match any 
phy-id registers, the mdio command will not be sent out.

She explained if phy-id of a mdio command does not match 
any phy-id registers (represent addresses of external PHYs),
why MAC needs to send a command to non-existing PHY?


Best regards,

Wells Lu
呂芳騰

智能運算專案/Smart Computing Program
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凌陽科技/Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd.
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> From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] net: ethernet: Add driver for Sunplus SP7021
> 
> > Due to hardware design, we still need to set PHY address, because MDIO
> > controller of SP7021 only sends out MDIO commands with the same
> > address listed in PHY address registers. The function below needs to
> > be kept.
> 
> I suggest you actually set it to some other address. One of the good/bad things about MDIO
> is you have no idea if the device is there. A read to a device which does not exist just
> returns 0xffff, not an error. So i would set the address of 0x1f. I've never seen a PHY
> actually use that address.
> 
>     Andrew