On Mon 2017-08-28 16:09:27, Andrew Lunn wrote: > > I may be confused here, but AFAICT: > > > > 1) Yes, it has standard layout when accessed over MDIO. > > > Section 4.8 of the datasheet says: > > All the registers defined in this section can be also accessed > via the SPI interface. > > Meaning all PHY registers can be access via the SPI interface. So you > should be able to make a standard Linux MDIO bus driver which performs > SPI reads.
As far as I can tell (and their driver confirms) -- yes, all those
registers can be accessed over the SPI, they are just shuffled
around... hence MDIO emulation code. I copied it from their code (see
the copyrights) so no, I don't believe there's nicer solution.
Best regards,
Pavel
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