netdev - Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] octeontx2-af: Bringup CGX LMAC links by default

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Message-ID: <20181122224608.GA19714@virtx40>
Date:   Thu, 22 Nov 2018 22:46:19 +0000
From:   "Cherian, Linu" <Linu.Cherian@...ium.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
CC:     Linu Cherian <linuc.decode@...il.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Goutham, Sunil" <Sunil.Goutham@...ium.com>,
        Linu Cherian <lcherian@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] octeontx2-af: Bringup CGX LMAC
 links by default

On Thu Nov 22, 2018 at 07:26:56PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
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> On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 05:18:37PM +0530, Linu Cherian wrote:
> > From: Linu Cherian <lcherian@...vell.com>
> >
> > - Added new CGX firmware interface API for sending link up/down
> >   commands
> >
> > - Do link up for cgx lmac ports by default at the time of CGX
> >   driver probe.
> 
> Hi Linu
> 
> This is a complex driver which i don't understand...
> 
> By link up, do you mean the equivalent of 'ip link set up dev ethX'?

Not really. It is used to do the necessary LMAC port hardware configuration
based on the connected PHYs and bringup the the PHY links.


> 
>    Andrew

-- 
Linu cherian