netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 5/8] net: dpaa2-mac: use resolved link config in mac_link

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Date:   Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:12:04 +0000
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 5/8] net: dpaa2-mac: use resolved link config in
 mac_link_up()

On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 04:36:32PM +0000, Ioana Ciornei wrote:
> > Subject: [PATCH net-next 5/8] net: dpaa2-mac: use resolved link config in
> > mac_link_up()
> > 
> > Convert the DPAA2 ethernet driver to use the finalised link parameters in
> > mac_link_up() rather than the parameters in mac_config(), which are more
> > suited to the needs of the DPAA2 MC firmware than those available via
> > mac_config().
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
> 
> Tested-by: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>

Thanks.

> > +
> > +		/* This is lossy; the firmware really should take the pause
> > +		 * enablement status rather than pause/asym pause status.
> > +		 */
> 
> In what sense it's lossy? I cannot see how information can be lost by translating the rx/tx pause state to pause/asym.
> If it's just about the unnecessary double translation, then I agree.. this could have been done in an easier manner.

If you're just translating rx/tx to pause/asym and then doing the
reverse, then it isn't lossy, but if the firmware is resolving
pause/asym according to the table in IEEE 802.3, then it will be
lossy.

If the firmware doesn't interpret the bits, then why not do the
sensible thing and just pass the enablement status rather than
trying to confusingly encode it back to pause/asym?

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