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Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Skip cmode writable for mv88e6*41
 if unchanged
From:   Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
To:     Marek =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Beh=FAn?= <kabel@kernel.org>,
        Nathan Rossi <nathan@nathanrossi.com>
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        Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@gmail.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 26 Apr 2022 09:50:15 +0200
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Hello,

On Sat, 2022-04-23 at 15:25 +0200, Marek Behún wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Apr 2022 13:20:35 +0000
> Nathan Rossi <nathan@nathanrossi.com> wrote:
> 
> > The mv88e6341_port_set_cmode function always calls the set writable
> > regardless of whether the current cmode is different from the desired
> > cmode. This is problematic for specific configurations of the mv88e6341
> > and mv88e6141 (in single chip adddressing mode?) where the hidden
> > registers are not accessible.
> 
> I don't have a problem with skipping setting cmode writable if cmode is
> not being changed. But hidden registers should be accessible regardless
> of whether you are using single chip addressing mode or not. You need
> to find why it isn't working for you, this is a bug.

For the records, I read the above as requiring a fix the root cause, so
I'm not applying this patch. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks,

Paolo