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SubjectRe: [RFC 1/4] net: fec: do not use readl()/writel() for ColdFire
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On 8/5/26 18:40, David Laight wrote:
> On Fri, 8 May 2026 02:46:38 +0000
> Wei Fang <wei.fang@nxp.com> wrote:
>
>>> static void
>>> fec_stop(struct net_device *ndev)
>>> {
>>> struct fec_enet_private *fep = netdev_priv(ndev);
>>> - u32 rmii_mode = readl(fep->hwp + FEC_R_CNTRL) & FEC_RCR_RMII;
>>> + u32 rmii_mode = fec_readl(fep->hwp + FEC_R_CNTRL) & FEC_RCR_RMII;
>>
>> This is not an issue, but since you changed this line, the new code should
>> follow the "reverse xmas tree" style.
>
> Looking rmii_mode isn't even used until much later in the function.
> (and then not very often)
> Much better to read it just before it is needed.

Sure, but that feels like a change for a separate patch.
The changes to this file are a global search and replace.
The final produced object is identical before and after.

Regards
Greg


> David
>
>
>>
>> See: https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v7.0.1/source/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst#L380
>>
>>> u32 val;
>>>
>>> /* We cannot expect a graceful transmit stop without link !!! */
>>> if (fep->link) {
>>> - writel(1, fep->hwp + FEC_X_CNTRL); /* Graceful transmit stop */
>>> + fec_writel(1, fep->hwp + FEC_X_CNTRL); /* Graceful transmit stop */
>>> udelay(10);
>>> - if (!(readl(fep->hwp + FEC_IEVENT) & FEC_ENET_GRA))
>>> + if (!(fec_readl(fep->hwp + FEC_IEVENT) & FEC_ENET_GRA))
>>> netdev_err(ndev, "Graceful transmit stop did not complete!\n");
>>> }
>>>
>>
>>
>


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