linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net 1/1] net: stmmac: update MAC capabilities when tx queues are updated

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Date:   Thu, 19 Oct 2023 12:24:59 +0200
From:   Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To:     "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        "Gan, Yi Fang" <yi.fang.gan@...el.com>
Cc:     Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
        Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
        Ong Boon Leong <boon.leong.ong@...el.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Sit Wei Hong <michael.wei.hong.sit@...el.com>,
        Looi Hong Aun <hong.aun.looi@...el.com>,
        Voon Weifeng <weifeng.voon@...el.com>,
        Song Yoong Siang <yoong.siang.song@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/1] net: stmmac: update MAC capabilities when tx
 queues are updated

On Wed, 2023-10-18 at 08:25 +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 10:31:36AM +0800, Gan, Yi Fang wrote:
> > From: Michael Sit Wei Hong <michael.wei.hong.sit@...el.com>
> > 
> > Upon boot up, the driver will configure the MAC capabilities based on
> > the maximum number of tx and rx queues. When the user changes the
> > tx queues to single queue, the MAC should be capable of supporting Half
> > Duplex, but the driver does not update the MAC capabilities when it is
> > configured so.
> > 
> > Using the stmmac_reinit_queues() to check the number of tx queues
> > and set the MAC capabilities accordingly.
> 
> There is other setup elsewhere in the driver that fiddles with this in
> stmmac_phy_setup(). Maybe provide a helper function so that this
> decision making can be made in one function called from both these
> locations, so if the decision making for HD support changes, only one
> place needs changing?

Indeed that looks both straight-forward and more robust.

@Gan, Yi Fang: please send a v2 introducing and using such helper,
thanks!

Paolo