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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Pine64+ specific hacks for RTL8211E Ethernet PHY
From:   David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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From: Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@aosc.io>
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 00:08:39 +0800

> 
> 
> 于 2019年10月2日 GMT+08:00 上午12:06:51, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> 写到:
>>From: Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@aosc.io>
>>Date: Tue,  1 Oct 2019 16:29:09 +0800
>>
>>> There're some Pine64+ boards known to have broken RTL8211E chips, and
>>> a hack is given by Pine64+, which is said to be from Realtek.
>>> 
>>> This patchset adds the hack.
>>> 
>>> The hack is taken from U-Boot, and it contains magic numbers without
>>> any document.
>>
>>Please contact Realtek and try to get an explanation about this.
> 
> Sorry, but Realtek never shows any idea to add more infomation about this.
> 
> These hacks had existed and worked for years.

Have you actually tried to communicate with an appropriate contact yourself?

If not, I am asking you to do so.