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SubjectRe: [PATCH] DSA support for Micrel KSZ8895
On Mon 2017-08-28 16:09:27, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > I may be confused here, but AFAICT:
> >
> > 1) Yes, it has standard layout when accessed over MDIO.
>
>
> Section 4.8 of the datasheet says:
>
> All the registers defined in this section can be also accessed
> via the SPI interface.
>
> Meaning all PHY registers can be access via the SPI interface. So you
> should be able to make a standard Linux MDIO bus driver which performs
> SPI reads.

As far as I can tell (and their driver confirms) -- yes, all those
registers can be accessed over the SPI, they are just shuffled
around... hence MDIO emulation code. I copied it from their code (see
the copyrights) so no, I don't believe there's nicer solution.

Best regards,

Pavel
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