netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: improve setting advertised modes in phy

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Date:   Sun, 28 Apr 2019 19:04:56 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: improve setting advertised modes in
 phy_probe

On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 03:03:37PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> So far we set the advertising bitmap before setting the pause flags
> in the supported bitmap. This may cause pause not being advertised.

Hi Heiner

Pause requires that the PHY can advertise the pause bits, and that the
MAC supports pause. So by default, we don't advertise pause. The MAC
needs to say it supports pause, by calling one of

void phy_support_sym_pause(struct phy_device *phydev);
void phy_support_asym_pause(struct phy_device *phydev);

These two then copy supported into advertising.

      Andrew