netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC 3/6] dpaa2-mac: add MC API for the DPMAC object

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Message-ID: <20190614011224.GC28822@lunn.ch>
Date:   Fri, 14 Jun 2019 03:12:24 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
Cc:     linux@...linux.org.uk, hkallweit1@...il.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        alexandru.marginean@....com, ruxandra.radulescu@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 3/6] dpaa2-mac: add MC API for the DPMAC object

> +/**
> + * dpmac_set_link_state() - Set the Ethernet link status
> + * @mc_io:      Pointer to opaque I/O object
> + * @cmd_flags:  Command flags; one or more of 'MC_CMD_FLAG_'
> + * @token:      Token of DPMAC object
> + * @link_state: Link state configuration
> + *
> + * Return:      '0' on Success; Error code otherwise.
> + */
> +int dpmac_set_link_state(struct fsl_mc_io *mc_io,
> +			 u32 cmd_flags,
> +			 u16 token,
> +			 struct dpmac_link_state *link_state)
> +{
> +	struct dpmac_cmd_set_link_state *cmd_params;
> +	struct fsl_mc_command cmd = { 0 };
> +
> +	/* prepare command */
> +	cmd.header = mc_encode_cmd_header(DPMAC_CMDID_SET_LINK_STATE,
> +					  cmd_flags,
> +					  token);
> +	cmd_params = (struct dpmac_cmd_set_link_state *)cmd.params;
> +	cmd_params->options = cpu_to_le64(link_state->options);
> +	cmd_params->rate = cpu_to_le32(link_state->rate);
> +	dpmac_set_field(cmd_params->state, STATE, link_state->up);
> +	dpmac_set_field(cmd_params->state, STATE_VALID,
> +			link_state->state_valid);
> +	cmd_params->supported = cpu_to_le64(link_state->supported);
> +	cmd_params->advertising = cpu_to_le64(link_state->advertising);

I don't understand what supported and advertising mean in the context
of a MAC. PHY yes, but MAC?

> + * DPMAC link configuration/state options
> + */
> +
> +/**
> + * Enable auto-negotiation
> + */
> +#define DPMAC_LINK_OPT_AUTONEG			BIT_ULL(0)
> +/**
> + * Enable half-duplex mode
> + */
> +#define DPMAC_LINK_OPT_HALF_DUPLEX		BIT_ULL(1)
> +/**
> + * Enable pause frames
> + */
> +#define DPMAC_LINK_OPT_PAUSE			BIT_ULL(2)
> +/**
> + * Enable a-symmetric pause frames
> + */
> +#define DPMAC_LINK_OPT_ASYM_PAUSE		BIT_ULL(3)

So is this to configure the MAC? The MAC can do half duplex, pause,
asym pause? 

But from the previous patch, the PHY cannot do half duplex?

     Andrew