ixgbe: use mii_bus to handle MII related ioctls
Use the mii_bus callbacks to address the entire clause 22/45 address space. Enables userspace to poke switch registers instead of a single PHY address. The ixgbe firmware may be polling PHYs in a way that is not protected by the mii_bus lock. This isn't new behavior, but as Andrew Lunn pointed out there are more addresses available for conflicts. Signed-off-by: Stephen Douthit <stephend@silicom-usa.com> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
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