Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Mar 2023 15:33:20 +0100 | From | Andrew Lunn <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mdio: Add netlink interface |
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> - Atomic (why only atomic?) (read) access to paged registers
I would say 'atomic' is wrong, you cannot access paged registers at all.
> are we ok with the implications?
I am. Anybody doing this level of debugging should be able to recompile the kernel to enable write support. It does limit debugging in field, where maybe you cannot recompile the kernel, but to me, that is a reasonable trade off.
Andrew
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