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Date:   Mon, 8 Mar 2021 22:00:37 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: mdio: Add BCM6368 MDIO mux bus controller
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> +static int bcm6368_mdiomux_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> +{
> +	struct bcm6368_mdiomux_desc *md;
> +	struct mii_bus *bus;
> +	struct resource *res;
> +	int rc;
> +
> +	md = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*md), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!md)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +	md->dev = &pdev->dev;
> +
> +	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
> +	if (!res)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	/* Just ioremap, as this MDIO block is usually integrated into an
> +	 * Ethernet MAC controller register range
> +	 */
> +	md->base = devm_ioremap(&pdev->dev, res->start, resource_size(res));
> +	if (!md->base) {
> +		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to ioremap register\n");
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +	}
> +
> +	md->mii_bus = devm_mdiobus_alloc(&pdev->dev);
> +	if (!md->mii_bus) {
> +		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "mdiomux bus alloc failed\n");
> +		return ENOMEM;
> +	}
> +
> +	bus = md->mii_bus;
> +	bus->priv = md;
> +	bus->name = "BCM6368 MDIO mux bus";
> +	snprintf(bus->id, MII_BUS_ID_SIZE, "%s-%d", pdev->name, pdev->id);
> +	bus->parent = &pdev->dev;
> +	bus->read = bcm6368_mdiomux_read;
> +	bus->write = bcm6368_mdiomux_write;
> +	bus->phy_mask = 0x3f;
> +	bus->dev.of_node = pdev->dev.of_node;
> +
> +	rc = mdiobus_register(bus);
> +	if (rc) {
> +		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "mdiomux registration failed\n");
> +		return rc;
> +	}

So this is different to all the other mux drivers. Normally there is
an MDIO driver. And there is a mux driver. Two separate drivers. The
mux driver uses a phandle to reference the MDIO driver. Here we have
both in one driver.

Does this MDIO bus device exist as a standalone device? Without the
mux? If silicon does exist like that, having two separate drivers
would be better.

     Andrew