Hi Marek On Mon, Nov 3, 2025, 1:15 AM Marek Vasut <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 11/2/25 4:34 PM, Lucien.Jheng wrote: > > Hi, > > >> On 10/6/25 2:49 PM, Lucien.Jheng wrote: > >>> Synchronize paged PHY helpers with Linux v6.17. > >>> > >>> Add support for PHY devices that use paged register access by > >>> implementing the following functions: > >>> - phy_save_page(): Save current page number > >>> - phy_select_page(): Switch to a specific page and return previous page > >>> - phy_restore_page(): Restore previously saved page > >>> > >>> Also adds read_page and write_page callbacks to the phy_driver > >>> structure to enable driver-specific page handling. > >>> > >>> These helpers allow safe access to paged PHY registers by ensuring > >>> proper page selection and restoration, > >>> even in error conditions, which will be used by the Airoha PHY driver. > >> Are there any users ? If not, this is dead code. > > > > I have checked the latest Linux kernel, and these functions are > > currently used by several vendors, including *MediaTek, Airoha, Marvell, > > and Realtek PHY*. > > > > Therefore, I believe these APIs are not dead code. > This is U-Boot, are there any users in U-Boot ? > > If you plan to use this in a new driver, then please send this together > with the new driver. > Got it. I will send this together with new driver. Thank you >
