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RE: [PATCH RFC 3/5] Add KSZ8795 switch driver

From <Tristram.Ha@microchip.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject RE: [PATCH RFC 3/5] Add KSZ8795 switch driver
Date 2017-09-29 20:50 +0200
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> > > > > Similar code will be needed by other drivers, right?
> > > >
> > > > Although KSZ8795 and KSZ8895 may use the same code, the other
> > > > chips will have different code.
> > >
> > > Ok, please make sure code is shared between these two.
> >
> > The exact function probably cannot be shared between KSZ8795
> > and KSZ8895 drivers because although the register constants look
> > the same but their exact locations are different in the 2 chips.
> 
> Put the code into header as static inline and include it from both
> places?
> 

Although KSZ8795 and KSZ8895 share the same code when simulating
the PHY register access, even though the exact registers are not the
same, this code needs a little modification for another chip.  It also looks
too large to put in a header.

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Re: [PATCH RFC 3/5] Add KSZ8795 switch driver Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-09-28 17:30 +0200
  RE: [PATCH RFC 3/5] Add KSZ8795 switch driver <Tristram.Ha@microchip.com> - 2017-09-29 20:50 +0200
    Re: [PATCH RFC 3/5] Add KSZ8795 switch driver Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> - 2017-10-01 09:30 +0200

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