netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH] net: dsa: rtl8366rb: Switch to phylink

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Date:   Sat, 5 Sep 2020 18:56:45 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH] net: dsa: rtl8366rb: Switch to phylink

+Russell,

On 9/5/2020 3:48 PM, Linus Walleij wrote:
> This switches the RTL8366RB over to using phylink callbacks
> instead of .adjust_link(). This is a pretty template
> switchover. All we adjust is the CPU port so that is why
> the code only inspects this port.
> 
> We enhance by adding proper error messages, also disabling
> the CPU port on the way down and moving dev_info() to
> dev_dbg().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

The part of the former adjust_link, especially the part that forces the 
link to 1Gbit/sec, full duplex and no-autonegotiation probably belongs 
to a phylink_mac_config() implementation.

Assuming that someone connects such a switch to a 10/100 Ethernet MAC 
and provides a fixed-link property in Device Tree, we should at least 
attempt to configure the CPU port interface based on those link 
settings, that is not happening today.
-- 
Florian