linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: phy: aquantia: Add mdix config and reporting

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Message-ID: <0328420b-6031-4595-ab5d-fe6dc7ffd42c@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 23:43:45 +0100
From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To: Paul Davey <paul.davey@...iedtelesis.co.nz>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc: Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: phy: aquantia: Add mdix config and
 reporting

On 06.11.2024 23:20, Paul Davey wrote:
> Add support for configuring MDI-X state of PHY.
> Add reporting of resolved MDI-X state in status information.
> 
I wonder how relevant this is nowadays. Is there any PHY out there w/o auto MDI-X?
What would be a use case for manually dealing with MDI, and who would do what based
on the MDI-X status information?

> Tested on AQR113C.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Davey <paul.davey@...iedtelesis.co.nz>
> ---
> v2:
>  - Renamed aqr_set_polarity to aqr_set_mdix
>  - Guard MDI-X state reporting on genphy_c45_aneg_done
>  - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20241017015407.256737-1-paul.davey@alliedtelesis.co.nz/
> ---
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