linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] hy: core: rework phy_set

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Message-Id: <20181108.192023.2260722462634716993.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 08 Nov 2018 19:20:23 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     grygorii.strashko@...com
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] hy: core: rework phy_set_mode to accept phy mode
 and submode

From: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@...com>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2018 18:36:12 -0600

> As was discussed in [1] I'm posting series which introduces rework of
> phy_set_mode to accept phy mode and submode. I've dropped TI specific patches as
> this change is pretty big by itself.
> 
> Patch 1 is cumulative change which refactors PHY framework code to
> support dual level PHYs mode configuration - PHY mode and PHY submode. It
> extends .set_mode() callback to support additional parameter "int submode"
> and converts all corresponding PHY drivers to support new .set_mode()
> callback declaration.
> The new extended PHY API
>  int phy_set_mode_ext(struct phy *phy, enum phy_mode mode, int submode)
> is introduced to support dual level PHYs mode configuration and existing
> phy_set_mode() API is converted to macros, so PHY framework consumers do
> not need to be changed (~21 matches).
> 
> Patches 2-4: Add new PHY's mode to be used by Ethernet PHY interface drivers or
> multipurpose PHYs like serdes and convert ocelot-serdes and mvebu-cp110-comphy
> PHY drivers to use recently introduced PHY_MODE_ETHERNET and phy_set_mode_ext().
> 
> Patch 5 - removes unused, ethernet specific phy modes from enum phy_mode.
> 
> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/10/25/366

I guess this will go via Kishon's tree.