> -----Original Message----- > From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-boun...@osuosl.org] On > Behalf Of Steve Douthit > Sent: Monday, December 3, 2018 12:15 PM > To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T <jeffrey.t.kirs...@intel.com> > Cc: Andrew Lunn <and...@lunn.ch>; Florian Fainelli <f.faine...@gmail.com>; > netdev@vger.kernel.org; intel-wired-...@lists.osuosl.org; David S. Miller > <da...@davemloft.net> > Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v4 2/2] ixgbe: use mii_bus to > handle MII related ioctls > > Use the mii_bus callbacks to address the entire clause 22/45 address space. > Enables userspace to poke switch registers instead of a single PHY address. > > The ixgbe firmware may be polling PHYs in a way that is not protected by the > mii_bus lock. This isn't new behavior, but as Andrew Lunn pointed out there > are more addresses available for conflicts. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Douthit <steph...@silicom-usa.com> > Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <and...@lunn.ch> > Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.faine...@gmail.com> > --- > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bow...@intel.com>
