Re: [PATCH 0/3] Pine64+ specific hacks for RTL8211E Ethernet PHY

[David Miller]

From: Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue,  1 Oct 2019 16:29:09 +0800

> There're some Pine64+ boards known to have broken RTL8211E chips, and
> a hack is given by Pine64+, which is said to be from Realtek.
> 
> This patchset adds the hack.
> 
> The hack is taken from U-Boot, and it contains magic numbers without
> any document.

Please contact Realtek and try to get an explanation about this.

I understand that eventually we may not get a proper explanation
but I really want you to put forth real effort to nail down whats
going on here before I even consider these patches seriously.

Thank you.