Re: [PATCH net-next 3/5] net: phy: realtek: reunify C22 and C45 drivers

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Fri Jan 09 2026 - 08:18:55 EST


On Fri, Jan 09, 2026 at 03:03:33AM +0000, Daniel Golle wrote:
> Reunify the split C22/C45 drivers for the RTL8221B-VB-CG 2.5Gbps and
> RTL8221B-VM-CG 2.5Gbps PHYs back into a single driver.
> This is possible now by using all the driver operations previously used
> by the C45 driver, as transparent access to all MMDs including
> MDIO_MMD_VEND2 is now possible also over Clause-22 MDIO.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/phy/realtek/realtek_main.c | 72 ++++++--------------------
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/realtek/realtek_main.c b/drivers/net/phy/realtek/realtek_main.c
> index 886694ff995f6..d07d60bc1ce34 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/realtek/realtek_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/realtek/realtek_main.c
> @@ -1879,28 +1879,18 @@ static int rtl8221b_match_phy_device(struct phy_device *phydev,
> return phydev->phy_id == RTL_8221B && rtlgen_supports_mmd(phydev);
> }
>
> -static int rtl8221b_vb_cg_c22_match_phy_device(struct phy_device *phydev,
> - const struct phy_driver *phydrv)
> +static int rtl8221b_vb_cg_match_phy_device(struct phy_device *phydev,
> + const struct phy_driver *phydrv)
> {
> - return rtlgen_is_c45_match(phydev, RTL_8221B_VB_CG, false);
> + return rtlgen_is_c45_match(phydev, RTL_8221B_VB_CG, true) ||
> + rtlgen_is_c45_match(phydev, RTL_8221B_VB_CG, false);

Are there any calls left to rtlgen_is_c45_match() which don't || true
and false? If not, maybe add another patch which removes the bool
parameter?

Andrew