> -----Original Message----- > From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Steve Douthit > Sent: Monday, December 3, 2018 12:15 PM > To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T <[email protected]> > Cc: Andrew Lunn <[email protected]>; Florian Fainelli <[email protected]>; > [email protected]; [email protected]; David S. Miller > <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> > Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <[email protected]> > Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <[email protected]> > --- > drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <[email protected]>
