Re: [PATCH net v2 1/1] net: phy: micrel: Correct bit assignments for phy_device flags

[Russell King (Oracle)]

On Fri, Sep 01, 2023 at 06:53:23AM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> Previously, the defines for phy_device flags in the Micrel driver were
> ambiguous in their representation. They were intended to be bit masks
> but were mistakenly defined as bit positions. This led to the following
> issues:
> 
> - MICREL_KSZ8_P1_ERRATA, designated for KSZ88xx switches, overlapped
>   with MICREL_PHY_FXEN and MICREL_PHY_50MHZ_CLK.
> - Due to this overlap, the code path for MICREL_PHY_FXEN, tailored for
>   the KSZ8041 PHY, was not executed for KSZ88xx PHYs.
> - Similarly, the code associated with MICREL_PHY_50MHZ_CLK wasn't
>   triggered for KSZ88xx.
> 
> To rectify this, all three flags have now been explicitly converted to
> use the `BIT()` macro, ensuring they are defined as bit masks and
> preventing potential overlaps in the future.
> 
> Fixes: 49011e0c1555 ("net: phy: micrel: ksz886x/ksz8081: add cabletest support")
> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

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