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

Russell King (Oracle) linux at armlinux.org.uk
Tue Oct 28 16:57:41 PDT 2025


On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 04:42:57PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2025 13:48:23 +0100 Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> This one needs a respin (patch 6 vs your IRQ masking changes?).

Ah, I see it, rebase can cope with that, but not application. Bah.
Another week of waiting for it to be applied. :(

I'm going to start sending larger patch series...

-- 
RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/
FTTP is here! 80Mbps down 10Mbps up. Decent connectivity at last!



More information about the linux-arm-kernel mailing list