netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] net: macb: add support for high speed interface

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Message-ID: <20201023135638.GE1551@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date:   Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:56:38 +0100
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Parshuram Raju Thombare <pthombar@...ence.com>
Cc:     "andrew@...n.ch" <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com" <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Milind Parab <mparab@...ence.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] net: macb: add support for high speed interface

On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 01:34:09PM +0000, Parshuram Raju Thombare wrote:
> >Whenever the interface changes, we go through the full reconfiguration
> >procedure that I've already outlined. This involves calling the
> >mac_prepare() method which calls into mvpp2_mac_prepare() and its
> >child mvpp2__mac_prepare().
> 
> Ok, I misunderstood it as interface mode change between successive mac_prepare().
> If major reconfiguration is certain to happen after every interface mode change,
> I will make another small modification in mac_prepare method to set appropriate
> pcs_ops for selected interface mode. 
> pcs_ops for low speed, however, will just be existing non 10GBASE-R functions renamed.
> This will allow us to get rid of old API's for non 10GBASE-R PCS. I hope you are ok with
> these changes done in the same patch.

Yes, that sounds good.

Thanks.

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