netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: improve generic EEE ethtool functions

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Date:   Mon, 03 Dec 2018 15:13:38 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     hkallweit1@...il.com
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: improve generic EEE ethtool
 functions

From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 22:30:14 +0100

> So far the two functions consider neither member eee_enabled nor
> eee_active. Therefore network drivers have to do this in some kind
> of glue code. I think this can be avoided.
> 
> Getting EEE parameters:
> When not advertising any EEE mode, we can't consider EEE to be enabled.
> Therefore interpret "EEE enabled" as "we advertise at least one EEE
> mode". It's similar with "EEE active": interpret it as "EEE modes
> advertised by both link partner have at least one mode in common".
> 
> Setting EEE parameters:
> If eee_enabled isn't set, don't advertise any EEE mode and restart
> aneg if needed to switch off EEE. If eee_enabled is set and
> data->advertised is empty (e.g. because EEE was disabled), advertise
> everything we support as default. This way EEE can easily switched
> on/off by doing ethtool --set-eee <if> eee on/off, w/o any additional
> parameters.
> 
> The changes to both functions shouldn't break any existing user.
> Once the changes have been applied, at least some users can be
> simplified.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Applied.