Re: [PATCH 0/3] Pine64+ specific hacks for RTL8211E Ethernet PHY

From: Icenowy Zheng
Date: Tue Oct 01 2019 - 12:08:58 EST




ä 2019å10æ2æ GMT+08:00 äå12:06:51, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> åå:
>From: Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@xxxxxxx>
>Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 16:29:09 +0800
>
>> There're some Pine64+ boards known to have broken RTL8211E chips, and
>> a hack is given by Pine64+, which is said to be from Realtek.
>>
>> This patchset adds the hack.
>>
>> The hack is taken from U-Boot, and it contains magic numbers without
>> any document.
>
>Please contact Realtek and try to get an explanation about this.

Sorry, but Realtek never shows any idea to add more infomation about this.

These hacks had existed and worked for years.

>
>I understand that eventually we may not get a proper explanation
>but I really want you to put forth real effort to nail down whats
>going on here before I even consider these patches seriously.
>
>Thank you.
>
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