netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v1 3/3] net: fec: add basic selftest support

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Date:   Thu, 1 Apr 2021 09:47:51 +0200
From:   Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Fugang Duan <fugang.duan@....com>, kernel@...gutronix.de,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-imx@....com,
        Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
        David Jander <david@...tonic.nl>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Philippe Schenker <philippe.schenker@...adex.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 3/3] net: fec: add basic selftest support

On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 02:27:19PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 03:54:07PM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> > Port some parts of the stmmac selftest to the FEC. This patch was tested
> > on iMX6DL.
> > With this tests it is possible to detect some basic issues like:
> > - MAC loopback fail: most probably wrong clock configuration.
> > - PHY loopback fail: incorrect RGMII timings, damaged traces, etc
> 
> Hi
> 
> Oleksij
> 
> I've not done a side-by-side diff with stmmac, but i guess a lot of
> this code is identical?

ack

> Rather than make a copy/paste, could you move
> it somewhere under net and turn it into a library any driver can use?

yes, I assume, it is possible to make this code complete generic for all
devices, but we will need to provide some more call backs. For example
enable MAC loop back, enable DSA loopbacks and so on.

Do you have ideas for the new location of generic selftest code and
where  can be added loopback options for different levels?

Regards,
Oleksij
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