linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v1 3/3] net: fec: add basic selftest support

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Date:   Thu, 1 Apr 2021 09:06:41 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Fugang Duan <fugang.duan@....com>, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-imx@....com,
        Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
        David Jander <david@...tonic.nl>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Philippe Schenker <philippe.schenker@...adex.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 3/3] net: fec: add basic selftest support

On 4/1/21 12:47 AM, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 02:27:19PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 03:54:07PM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
>>> Port some parts of the stmmac selftest to the FEC. This patch was tested
>>> on iMX6DL.
>>> With this tests it is possible to detect some basic issues like:
>>> - MAC loopback fail: most probably wrong clock configuration.
>>> - PHY loopback fail: incorrect RGMII timings, damaged traces, etc
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Oleksij
>>
>> I've not done a side-by-side diff with stmmac, but i guess a lot of
>> this code is identical?
> 
> ack
> 
>> Rather than make a copy/paste, could you move
>> it somewhere under net and turn it into a library any driver can use?
> 
> yes, I assume, it is possible to make this code complete generic for all
> devices, but we will need to provide some more call backs. For example
> enable MAC loop back, enable DSA loopbacks and so on.
> 
> Do you have ideas for the new location of generic selftest code and
> where  can be added loopback options for different levels?

You could place the generic selftest code under net/core/ or net/ethernet.
-- 
Florian