Re: [PATCH net-next v14 03/14] ax88179_178a: Fix endianness of pause watermark register
From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Thu Oct 01 2026 - 21:15:14 EST
On Tue, 29 Sep 2026 05:18:51 +0200 Birger Koblitz wrote:
> The 16-bit pause watermark register is little endian as
> described in the ASIX 4.1.0 out-of-tree driver. Correct the
> register byte sequence but also swap the configuration values
> used in the code in order to keep the current behaviour.
>
> The endianness is relevant for 16-bit writes to the register.
>
> Signed-off-by: Birger Koblitz <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c | 9 ++++-----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
> index 81d8412ce8e2fac981df076ea1385e6e87525cfe..2ed46ab62c0065d32040439f31d44f118d7e9952 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
> @@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
> #define AX_ACCESS_EEPROM 0x04
> #define AX_ACCESS_EFUS 0x05
> #define AX_RELOAD_EEPROM_EFUSE 0x06
> -#define AX_PAUSE_WATERLVL_HIGH 0x54
> -#define AX_PAUSE_WATERLVL_LOW 0x55
> +#define AX_PAUSE_WATERLVL_LOW 0x54
> +#define AX_PAUSE_WATERLVL_HIGH 0x55
>
> #define PHYSICAL_LINK_STATUS 0x02
> #define AX_USB_SS 0x04
> @@ -1619,11 +1619,10 @@ static int ax88179_reset(struct usbnet *dev)
> dev->rx_urb_size = 1024 * 20;
>
> *tmp = 0x34;
> - ax88179_write_cmd(dev, AX_ACCESS_MAC, AX_PAUSE_WATERLVL_LOW, 1, 1, tmp);
> + ax88179_write_cmd(dev, AX_ACCESS_MAC, AX_PAUSE_WATERLVL_HIGH, 1, 1, tmp);
>
> *tmp = 0x52;
> - ax88179_write_cmd(dev, AX_ACCESS_MAC, AX_PAUSE_WATERLVL_HIGH,
> - 1, 1, tmp);
> + ax88179_write_cmd(dev, AX_ACCESS_MAC, AX_PAUSE_WATERLVL_LOW, 1, 1, tmp);
>
> /* Enable checksum offload */
> *tmp = AX_RXCOE_IP | AX_RXCOE_TCP | AX_RXCOE_UDP |
>
Looks like I already applied this as commit a4e22e9253e7ed ?
Please rebase on latest net-next it should drop you, and then repost