[PATCH net-next v3 3/3] net: stmmac: Add PCI driver support for BCM8958x

[Andrew Lunn]

> Management of integrated ethernet switch on this SoC is not handled by
> the PCIe interface.

MDIO? SPI? I2C?

> +#define XGMAC_PCIE_MISC_MII_CTRL			0x4
> +#define XGMAC_PCIE_MISC_MII_CTRL_VALUE			0x7

Could you replace these magic values with actual definitions. What
does 7 mean?

> +#define XGMAC_PCIE_MISC_PCIESS_CTRL			0x8
> +#define XGMAC_PCIE_MISC_PCIESS_CTRL_VALUE		0x200

> +static int num_instances;

> +	/* This device is directly attached to the switch chip internal to the
> +	 * SoC using XGMII interface. Since no MDIO is present, register
> +	 * fixed-link software_node to create phylink.
> +	 */
> +	if (num_instances == 0) {
> +		ret = software_node_register_node_group(fixed_link_node_group);
> +		if (ret) {
> +			dev_err(&pdev->dev,
> +				"%s: failed to register software node\n",
> +				__func__);
> +			return ret;
> +		}
> +	}
> +	num_instances++;

So all the instances of the MAC share one fixed link? That is pretty
unusual. In DT, each would have its own. Have you reviewed the
implications of this?

	Andrew