Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 0/6] Add support for OPEN Alliance 10BASE-T1x MACPHY Serial Interface

From: Parthiban.Veerasooran
Date: Mon Sep 18 2023 - 02:18:14 EST


Hi Andrew,

Sure. Thanks for the suggestion. I hope my previous reply for
Alexander's email clarifies the below comment as well.

It would be nice if Alexandru Tachici gives us more clarity on their
device and driver.

Best Regards,
Parthiban V

On 15/09/23 7:52 pm, Andrew Lunn wrote:
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> On Fri, Sep 15, 2023 at 03:56:59PM +0200, Alexander Dahl wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> this is interesting, by chance I just looked at a chip claiming
>> similar features today, which already has a driver in kernel: Analog
>> Devices ADIN1110.
>
> Ah, interesting. I had no idea this driver/device is an OA TC6 device.
>
> So ideally, we want the adin1110.c to also use the new framework, and
> remove the duplicate code. Parthiban, please look at the driver and
> make sure the APIs are such that Alexandru Tachici can swap his driver
> to using it. Having two implementations should help make it clear what
> is the same and what is different.
>
> Andrew
>