[U-Boot, v2, 1/1]net: phy: add paged PHY register accessors

[Marek Vasut]

On 11/3/25 1:13 AM, Lucien Jheng wrote:

Hello Lucien,

>>>> On 10/6/25 2:49 PM, Lucien.Jheng wrote:
>>>>> Synchronize paged PHY helpers with Linux v6.17.
>>>>>
>>>>> Add support for PHY devices that use paged register access by
>>>>> implementing the following functions:
>>>>> - phy_save_page(): Save current page number
>>>>> - phy_select_page(): Switch to a specific page and return previous page
>>>>> - phy_restore_page(): Restore previously saved page
>>>>>
>>>>> Also adds read_page and write_page callbacks to the phy_driver
>>>>> structure to enable driver-specific page handling.
>>>>>
>>>>> These helpers allow safe access to paged PHY registers by ensuring
>>>>> proper page selection and restoration,
>>>>> even in error conditions, which will be used by the Airoha PHY driver.
>>>> Are there any users ? If not, this is dead code.
>>>
>>> I have checked the latest Linux kernel, and these functions are
>>> currently used by several vendors, including *MediaTek, Airoha, Marvell,
>>> and Realtek PHY*.
>>>
>>> Therefore, I believe these APIs are not dead code.
>> This is U-Boot, are there any users in U-Boot ?
>>
>> If you plan to use this in a new driver, then please send this together
>> with the new driver.
>>
> Got it.
> I will send this together with new driver.
> Thank you

Likewise, thank you !