Re: [PATCH net-next v5 04/13] ax88179_178a: Add HW support for AX179A-based chips

Birger Koblitz <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.network,gmane.linux.usb.general,gmane.linux.kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 02/08/2026 23:28, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> This is more of a nitpick, given how much work you have already done
> on this driver. I think designated initializer syntax could make this
> more readable:
> 
> num ax_bulk_in_speeds {
> 	BULK_IN_SPEED_1G_SS = 0,
> 	BULK_IN_SPEED_1G_HS   = 1,
> 	BULK_IN_SPEED_100_FULL_SS = 2,
> 	BULK_IN_SPEED_100_HALF_SS = 3,
>   ...
> };
> 
> 
>> +static const struct ax_bulkin_settings AX88179A_BULKIN_SIZE[] = {
>   [BULK_IN_SPEED_1G_SS] = {5, 0x7B, 0x00, 0x17, 0x0F},
>   [BULK_IN_SPEED_1G_HS] = {5, 0xC0, 0x02, 0x06, 0x0F},
> 
>> +static void ax88179a_bulkin_config(struct usbnet *dev, u8 link_sts)
>> +{
>> +	struct ax88179_data *ax179_data = dev->driver_priv;
>> +	const struct ax_bulkin_settings *bulkin_data;
>> +	int index = 0;
>> +
>> +	switch (ax179_data->speed) {
>> +	case ETHER_LINK_2500:	/* AX88279 only */
>> +		index = BULK_IN_SPEED_2500;
>> +		break;
>> +
>> +	case ETHER_LINK_1000:	/* AX88279 & AX88178A */
>> +		if (ax179_data->chip_version == AX_VERSION_AX88279) {
>> +			if (link_sts & AX_USB_SS)
>> +				index = BULK_IN_SPEED_1G_SS;
>> +			else if (link_sts & AX_USB_HS)
>> +				index = BULK_IN_SPEED_HS;
> 
> This removes the 1, 2, 3, etc making the relationship more obvious.
> 
Will be done in v6. And the change even allows to remove the above
dependencies on the chip versions in ax88179a_bulkin_config(), since
the different ax_bulkin_settings structures no longer need to start at 0
index. Much more than nitpick!

Birger
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