[PATCH net-next 0/8] net: stmmac: hwif.c cleanups

[Mohd Ayaan Anwar]

On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 01:48:23PM +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This series cleans up hwif.c:
> 
> - move the reading of the version information out of stmmac_hwif_init()
>   into its own function, stmmac_get_version(), storing the result in a
>   new struct.
> 
> - simplify stmmac_get_version().
> 
> - read the version register once, passing it to stmmac_get_id() and
>   stmmac_get_dev_id().
> 
> - move stmmac_get_id() and stmmac_get_dev_id() into
>   stmmac_get_version()
> 
> - define version register fields and use FIELD_GET() to decode
> 
> - start tackling the big loop in stmmac_hwif_init() - provide a
>   function, stmmac_hwif_find(), which looks up the hwif entry, thus
>   making a much smaller loop, which improves readability of this code.
> 
> - change the use of '^' to '!=' when comparing the dev_id, which is
>   what is really meant here.
> 
> - reorganise the test after calling stmmac_hwif_init() so that we
>   handle the error case in the indented code, and the success case
>   with no indent, which is the classical arrangement.
> 
> ---
> v2:
> - fix "verison" typo, impacting patches 2, 3, and 4.
> - added reviewed-by / tested-bys
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/common.h |   3 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/hwif.c   | 166 +++++++++++++++------------
>  2 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)
>  

Tested v2 on Qualcomm's QCS9100 Ride R3 board (qcom-ethqos driver,
GMAC4), so:

Tested-by: Mohd Ayaan Anwar <mohd.anwar at oss.qualcomm.com>

	Ayaan