netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 09/13] net: mvpp2: dynamic reconfiguration of the PHY mode

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Message-ID: <20170824155241.GF28443@kwain>
Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2017 17:52:41 +0200
From:   Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...e-electrons.com>,
        davem@...emloft.net, kishon@...com, jason@...edaemon.net,
        sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com,
        gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com,
        thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com, nadavh@...vell.com,
        linux@...linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mw@...ihalf.com, stefanc@...vell.com,
        miquel.raynal@...e-electrons.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 09/13] net: mvpp2: dynamic reconfiguration of
 the PHY mode

Hi Andrew,

On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 04:56:09PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 10:38:19AM +0200, Antoine Tenart wrote:
> > This patch adds logic to reconfigure the comphy/gop when the link status
> > change at runtime. This is very useful on boards such as the mcbin which
> > have SFP and Ethernet ports connected to the same MAC port: depending on
> > what the user connects the driver will automatically reconfigure the
> > link mode.
> 
> I would expect each of these external Ethernet ports to have its own
> Ethernet PHY. Don't you need to disconnect from one Ethernet phy and
> connect to the other Ethernet PHY when you change external Ethernet
> port?

That's the other way around. The engines outputs (say GoP#) are
connected to the comphy inputs. In the SoC. Then there's a single output
of this comphy lane to the board. So when switching modes, you do not
have to connect to a different Ethernet PHY, it's the same.

Antoine

-- 
Antoine Ténart, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com

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