netdev - Re: [PATH RFC net-next 3/8] net: phy: Add helper to convert MII ADV register to a linkmode

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Date:   Sat, 15 Sep 2018 01:23:20 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATH RFC net-next 3/8] net: phy: Add helper to convert MII ADV
 register to a linkmode

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 03:23:14PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 09/14/2018 02:38 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > The phy_mii_ioctl can be used to write a value into the MII_ADVERTISE
> > register in the PHY. Since this changes the state of the PHY, we need
> > to make the same change to phydev->advertising. Add a helper which can
> > convert the register value to a linkmode.
> 
> It would have been nice if we could eliminate the duplication between
> mii_adv_to_ethtool_adv_t() and mii_adv_to_linkmode_adv_t() but I don't
> really see how without changing the former function's signature.

Some of these functions are also used by non-phylib MAC drivers. So
the ethtool version cannot be eliminated.

And the UAPI for EEE still uses a u32 for which modes EEE is
advertised :-(

	   Andrew