[PATCH net-next v3 09/10] net: freescale: ucc_geth: Introduce a helper to check Reduced modes

Maxime Chevallier maxime.chevallier at bootlin.com
Thu Dec 5 18:32:30 AEDT 2024


On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 16:41:33 +0100
Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 04, 2024 at 09:22:32AM +0100, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> > Hello Andrew,
> > 
> > On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 03:15:52 +0100
> > Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch> wrote:
> >   
> > > > +static bool phy_interface_mode_is_reduced(phy_interface_t interface)
> > > > +{
> > > > +	return phy_interface_mode_is_rgmii(interface) ||
> > > > +	       interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RMII ||
> > > > +	       interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RTBI;
> > > > +}    
> > > 
> > > I wounder if this is useful anywhere else? Did you take a look around
> > > other MAC drivers? Maybe this should be in phy.h?  
> > 
> > Yes I did consider it but it looks like ucc_geth is the only driver
> > that has a configuration that applies to all R(MII/GMII/TBI) interfaces  
> 
> O.K. What is important is you considered it. Thanks. Too many
> developers are focus on just their driver and don't think about other
> drivers and code reuse.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch>

Thanks Andrew. I should have indicated that in the commit log or in the
cover in the first place though, I'll make sure to do it next time.

Maxime


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