netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] dsa: slave: support phy devices on external MII bus

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Date:   Mon, 16 Oct 2017 15:39:43 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Martin Hundebøll <mnhu@...vas.dk>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] dsa: slave: support phy devices on external MII
 bus

On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 03:16:51PM +0200, Martin Hundebøll wrote:
> On 2017-10-16 14:32, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> >So this used to work. I have a 10G phy connected to the external MII
> >bus on a 6390. I wonder when this got broken? Supporting phy-handle is
> >old code, so when i added the external MII i don't think i needed to
> >change any generic code.
> 
> It could look like commit cd28a1a9baee7 ('net: dsa: fully divert PHY
> reads/writes if requested') changed the of-case to use the mdio bus
> associated with struct dsa_switch unconditionally.

Hi Martin

I think ds->phys_mii_mask is playing a role here. I need to add some
debug prints to my setup and see what is happening with my external
10G PHY.

This phy code is just too complex :-(

     Andrew