netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 5/7] net: phy: marvell10g: save MACTYPE instead of rate

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Date:   Wed, 24 Mar 2021 18:12:08 +0000
From:   Marek Behún <kabel@...nel.org>
To:     Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>, kuba@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 5/7] net: phy: marvell10g: save MACTYPE instead
 of rate_matching boolean

On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 16:59:46 +0000
Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 05:50:21PM +0100, Marek Behún wrote:
> > Save MACTYPE instead of rate_matching boolean. We will need this for
> > other configurations.  
> 
> This could lead us to having to test for multiple different mactype
> values depending on the PHY type in mv3310_update_interface() which
> is something I wanted to avoid.
> 

This is currently done in patches 6/7 and 7/7...

Either we do this this way, or we save both members
  bool rate_matching;
  phy_interface_t interface10g;
in order not to do this always in mv3310_update_interface().

I guess I am going to change it.

Marek