linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 02/10] net: mvpp2: phylink support

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Date:   Fri, 31 Aug 2018 16:23:10 +0200
From:   Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        davem@...emloft.net, kishon@...com, gregory.clement@...tlin.com,
        jason@...edaemon.net, sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com, maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com,
        miquel.raynal@...tlin.com, nadavh@...vell.com, stefanc@...vell.com,
        ymarkman@...vell.com, mw@...ihalf.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 02/10] net: mvpp2: phylink support

Hi Andrew,

On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 04:18:51PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > @@ -4691,6 +4685,9 @@ static int mvpp2_port_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
> >  	if (fwnode_property_read_bool(port_fwnode, "marvell,loopback"))
> >  		port->flags |= MVPP2_F_LOOPBACK;
> >  
> > +	if (fwnode_property_present(port_fwnode, "fixed-link"))
> > +		port->flags |= MVPP2_F_FIXED_LINK;
> > +
> 
> There is no need to go look in device tree. When phylink calls
> mac_config() it passes mode == MLO_AN_FIXED, when it is using a fixed
> link.

Sure. This was a proposal to have a workaround when phylink does not
call link_up(), so that we know which mode to pass to the function.

In the meantime Russell explained an assumption about the carrier link
state made by phylink, and a proposal to avoid doing this kind of hack
in the driver. I'll test his solution which will probably means we can
drop this piece of code.

Thanks!
Antoine

-- 
Antoine Ténart, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com