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

From: Icenowy Zheng
Date: Tue Oct 01 2019 - 12:32:53 EST




ä 2019å10æ2æ GMT+08:00 äå12:30:00, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> åå:
>From: Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@xxxxxxx>
>Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 00:08:39 +0800
>
>>
>>
>> ä 2019å10æ2æ GMT+08:00 äå12:06:51, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>åå:
>>>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.
>>
>> Sorry, but Realtek never shows any idea to add more infomation about
>this.
>>
>> These hacks had existed and worked for years.
>
>Have you actually tried to communicate with an appropriate contact
>yourself?
>
>If not, I am asking you to do so.

I have tried to ask via TL Lim from Pine64, because I have no way
to communicate directly to Realtek. However TL cannot get anything
more from Realtek.

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