Re: [RFC/RFT PATCH net-next 2/4] net: dsa: microchip: partial conversion to regfields API for KSZ8795 (WIP)

From: Russell King (Oracle)
Date: Sat Mar 25 2023 - 10:26:45 EST


On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 02:16:55PM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> Russell, you've expressed that this driver is "vile" for permitting
> access to the same hardware register through 2 different ksz8795_regs[]
> elements. Does the approach used in this patch set address your concerns,
> or in other words, do you believe is it worth extending the conversion
> to the KSZ switches that other people can test, such that the entire
> driver ultimately benefits from the conversion?

Thanks for pointing it out - I'll look at it next week.

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