Re: [PATCH net v5 0/4] net: phy: bcm54811: Fix the PHY initialization

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On Tue, 1 Jul 2025 09:50:11 +0200 Kamil Horák - 2N wrote:
> PATCH 1 - Add MII-Lite PHY interface mode as defined by Broadcom for
>    their two-wire PHYs. It can be used with most Ethernet controllers
>    under certain limitations (no half-duplex link modes etc.).
> 
> PATCH 2 - Add MII-Lite PHY interface type
> 
> PATCH 3 - Activation of MII-Lite interface mode on Broadcom bcm5481x
>    PHYs
> 
> PATCH 4 - Fix the BCM54811 PHY initialization so that it conforms
>    to the datasheet regarding a reserved bit in the LRE Control
>    register, which must be written to zero after every device reset.
>    Also fix the LRE Status register reading, there is another bit to
>    be ignored on bcm54811.

I'm a bit lost why the first 3 patches are included in a series for net.
My naive reading is we didn't support this extra mode, now we do,
which sounds like a new feature.. Patch 4, sure, but the dependency
is not obvious.





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