netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC net 2/2] net: dsa: lantiq_gswip: Configure all remaining GSWIP_MII

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Message-ID: <98ef4831-27eb-48d4-1421-c6496b174659@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 7 Apr 2021 09:47:32 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>
Cc:     hauke@...ke-m.de, vivien.didelot@...il.com, olteanv@...il.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        linux@...linux.org.uk, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net 2/2] net: dsa: lantiq_gswip: Configure all
 remaining GSWIP_MII_CFG bits



On 4/6/2021 5:32 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>>  	case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII:
>>  	case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_ID:
>>  	case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_RXID:
>>  	case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_TXID:
>>  		miicfg |= GSWIP_MII_CFG_MODE_RGMII;
>> +
>> +		if (phylink_autoneg_inband(mode))
>> +			miicfg |= GSWIP_MII_CFG_RGMII_IBS;
> 
> Is there any other MAC driver doing this? Are there any boards
> actually enabling it? Since it is so odd, if there is nothing using
> it, i would be tempted to leave this out.

Some PHYs (Broadcom namely) support suppressing the RGMII in-band
signaling towards the MAC, so if the MAC relies on that signaling to
configure itself based on what the PHY reports this may not work.
-- 
Florian