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Message-Id: <20150403.150837.1808334906292015688.davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2015 15:08:37 -0400 (EDT)
From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To: stsp@...t.ru
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
stsp@...rs.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] mvneta: SGMII-based in-band link state signaling
From: Stas Sergeev <stsp@...t.ru>
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 20:28:25 +0300
> Currently the fixed-link DT binding is pre-configured and
> cannot be changed in run-time. This means the cable unplug
> events are not being detected, and the link parameters can't
> be negotiated.
>
> The following patches are needed when mvneta is used
> in fixed-link mode (without MDIO).
> They add an API to fixed_phy that allows to update
> status, and use that API in the mvneta driver when parsing
> the SGMII in-band status.
>
> There is also another implementation that doesn't add any API
> and does everything in mvneta driver locally:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/3/31/327
> I'll let people decide which approach is better.
> No strong opinion on my side.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stas Sergeev <stsp@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Series applied, thanks.
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