<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> the 1f page selector, the cursed mix of two different register access schemes, both?</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ioc.exchange/@azonenberg" class="u-url mention">@<span>azonenberg</span></a></span> oh i&#39;ve seen this on a realtek device</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> Interestingly, they use the MMD indirect access feature for EEE mode.</p><p>But all other vendor specific registers they use their homebrew paging scheme</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> What the VSC8512 does is:</p><p>* Registers 0x00 - 0f: standard<br />* Register 0x10 - 0x1e: vendor specific paged<br />* Register 0x1f: page selector</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ioc.exchange/@azonenberg" class="u-url mention">@<span>azonenberg</span></a></span> oh, right, thanks!</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> IEEE standard:<br />* Well defined registers from 0x00 to 0a and 0f<br />* 0b/0c reserved<br />* 0d/0e used for indirect access to MMD registers<br />* Vendor specific registers from 10 to 1f</p><p>MMD registers: entirely vendor defined IIRC</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ioc.exchange/@azonenberg" class="u-url mention">@<span>azonenberg</span></a></span> say, what was the page switching protocol you&#39;ve encountered with PHYs before? page 0xD appears to be 802.3 standard</p>

<p>It&#39;s funny how little things can make your day. Like pouring a generous amount of salt into a cooking soup, completely eyeballing it for a whole pot, and then realizing you were exactly on point :-)</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> The elevators at the hotel at pygotham 2019 represented a floor as a float, could stop at floor 2 or 2.7. Most dangerous elevator I ever rode.</p>