netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: marvell: Ensure SGMII auto-negotiation is enabled for 88E1111

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Date:   Sat, 13 Feb 2021 01:09:08 +0000
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Robert Hancock <robert.hancock@...ian.com>
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, hkallweit1@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: marvell: Ensure SGMII
 auto-negotiation is enabled for 88E1111

On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 06:26:29PM -0600, Robert Hancock wrote:
> When 88E111 is operating in SGMII mode, auto-negotiation should be enabled

88E1111.

> on the SGMII side so that the link will come up properly with PCSes which
> normally have auto-negotiation enabled. This is normally the case when the
> PHY defaults to SGMII mode at power-up, however if we switched it from some
> other mode like 1000BaseX, as may happen in some SFP module situations,
> it may not be.

Do you actually have a module where this applies?

I have modules that do come up in 1000base-X mode, but do switch to
SGMII mode with AN just fine. So I'm wondering what the difference is.

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