netdev - Re: [PATCH] phy: phylink: Fix CuSFP issue in phylink

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Date:   Tue, 10 Nov 2020 15:16:34 +0100
From:   Bjarni Jonasson <bjarni.jonasson@...rochip.com>
To:     Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
CC:     Bjarni Jonasson <bjarni.jonasson@...rochip.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        UNGLinuxDriver <UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] phy: phylink: Fix CuSFP issue in phylink


Russell King - ARM Linux admin writes:

> On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 11:06:42AM +0100, Bjarni Jonasson wrote:
>> There is an issue with the current phylink driver and CuSFPs which
>> results in a callback to the phylink validate function without any
>> advertisement capabilities.  The workaround (in this changeset)
>> is to assign capabilities if a 1000baseT SFP is identified.
>
> How does this happen?  Which PHY is being used?

This occurs just by plugging in the CuSFP.
None of the CuSFPs we have tested are working.
This is a dump from 3 different CuSFPs, phy regs 0-3:
FS SFP: 01:40:79:49 
HP SFP: 01:40:01:49
Marvel SFP: 01:40:01:49
This was working before the delayed mac config was implemented (in dec
2019).

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Bjarni Jonasson, Microchip