Re: [PATCH net-next v3 01/12] Documentation: networking: add OPEN Alliance 10BASE-T1x MAC-PHY serial interface

From: Parthiban.Veerasooran
Date: Thu Mar 07 2024 - 01:30:11 EST


Hi Andrew,

Thanks for reviewing the patches.

On 06/03/24 6:53 pm, Andrew Lunn wrote:
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>> +NORX (Bit 29) - No Receive flag. The SPI host may set this bit to prevent
>> + the MAC-PHY from conveying RX data on the MISO for the
>> + current chunk (DV = 0 in the footer), indicating that the
>> + host would not process it. Typically, the SPI host should
>> + set NORX = 0 indicating that it will accept and process
>> + any receive frame data within the current chunk.
>> +
>> +RSVD (Bit 28..24) - Reserved: All reserved bits shall be ‘0’.
>> +
>> +VS (Bit 23..22) - Vendor Specific. These bits are implementation specific.
>> + If the MAC-PHY does not implement these bits, the host
>> + shall set them to ‘0’.
>> +
>> +DV (Bit 21) - Data Valid flag. The SPI host uses this bit to indicate
>> + whether the current chunk contains valid transmit frame data
>> + (DV = 1) or not (DV = 0). When ‘0’, the MAC-PHY ignores the
>> + chunk payload. Note that the receive path is unaffected by
>> + the setting of the DV bit in the data header.
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> There is some odd indentation going on here. Maybe tab vs spaces?
Yes, there is a mixture of tab and spaces. I will correct this
indentation in the next version.
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> Otherwise, this is nice documentation. Thanks.
Thanks.

Best regards,
Parthiban V
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> Andrew