netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: sfp: Set 1000BaseX support flag for 1000BaseT modules

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Date:   Fri, 31 May 2019 21:11:54 +0100
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Robert Hancock <hancock@...systems.ca>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: sfp: Set 1000BaseX support flag for
 1000BaseT modules

Sorry, didn't see this.

On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 01:18:01PM -0600, Robert Hancock wrote:
> Modules which support 1000BaseT should also have 1000BaseX support. Set
> this support flag to allow drivers supporting only 1000BaseX to work.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert Hancock <hancock@...systems.ca>
> ---
>  drivers/net/phy/sfp-bus.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/sfp-bus.c b/drivers/net/phy/sfp-bus.c
> index e9c1879..96cdf85 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/sfp-bus.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/sfp-bus.c
> @@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ void sfp_parse_support(struct sfp_bus *bus, const struct sfp_eeprom_id *id,
>  	if (id->base.e1000_base_t) {
>  		phylink_set(modes, 1000baseT_Half);
>  		phylink_set(modes, 1000baseT_Full);
> +		phylink_set(modes, 1000baseX_Full);

None of my RJ45 modules have 1000base-X support, in fact they use SGMII
on the host side and don't offer 1000base-X (fiber) on the connector
side.

Please explain the logic here.

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