netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: mvneta: Don't advertise 2.5G modes

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Date:   Fri, 16 Nov 2018 19:23:59 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        antoine.tenart@...tlin.com, thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com,
        gregory.clement@...tlin.com, andrew@...n.ch, linux@...linux.org.uk,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: mvneta: Don't advertise 2.5G modes

From: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
Date: Fri,  9 Nov 2018 09:17:33 +0100

> Using 2.5G speed relies on the SerDes lanes being configured
> accordingly. The lanes have to be reconfigured to switch between
> 1G and 2.5G, and for now only the bootloader does this configuration.
> 
> In the case we add a Comphy driver to handle switching the lanes
> dynamically, it's better for now to stick with supporting only 1G and
> add advertisement for 2.5G once we really are capable of handling both
> speeds without problem.
> 
> Since the interface mode is initialy taken from the DT, we want to make
> sure that adding comphy support won't break boards that don't update
> their dtb.
> 
> Fixes: da58a931f248 ("net: mvneta: Add support for 2500Mbps SGMII")
> Reported-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
> Reported-by: Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>

Applied.