netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/2] Enable Fiber on DP83822 PHY

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Date:   Fri, 28 Aug 2020 07:07:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dmurphy@...com
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com, hkallweit1@...il.com,
        robh@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/2] Enable Fiber on DP83822 PHY

From: Dan Murphy <dmurphy@...com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 08:45:07 -0500

> The DP83822 Ethernet PHY has the ability to connect via a Fiber port.  The
> derivative PHYs DP83825 and DP83826 do not have this ability. In fiber mode
> the DP83822 disables auto negotiation and has a fixed 100Mbps speed with
> support for full or half duplex modes.
> 
> A devicetree binding was added to set the signal polarity for the fiber
> connection.  This property is only applicable if the FX_EN strap is set in
> hardware other wise the signal loss detection is disabled on the PHY.
> 
> If the FX_EN is not strapped the device can be configured to run in fiber mode
> via the device tree. All be it the PHY will not perform signal loss detection.
> 
> v2 review from a long time ago can be found here - https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1270958/

Series applied, thank you.