netdev - Re: Fw: [EXT] Re: [net-next PATCH 1/2] octeontx2-pf: Add devlink param to init and de-init serdes

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Date:   Wed, 27 Oct 2021 22:13:32 +0530
From:   sundeep subbaraya <sundeep.lkml@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        hariprasad <hkelam@...vell.com>,
        Geetha sowjanya <gakula@...vell.com>,
        Sunil Kovvuri Goutham <sgoutham@...vell.com>,
        Subbaraya Sundeep <sbhatta@...vell.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Rakesh Babu <rsaladi2@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: Fw: [EXT] Re: [net-next PATCH 1/2] octeontx2-pf: Add devlink
 param to init and de-init serdes

Hi  Jakub,

> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 9:08 PM
> To: Subbaraya Sundeep Bhatta
> Cc: davem@...emloft.net; netdev@...r.kernel.org; Hariprasad Kelam; Geethasowjanya Akula; Sunil Kovvuri Goutham; Rakesh Babu Saladi; Vamsi Krishna Attunuru
> Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 1/2] octeontx2-pf: Add devlink param to init and de-init serdes
>
> On Wed, 27 Oct 2021 16:01:14 +0530 Subbaraya Sundeep wrote:
> > From: Rakesh Babu <rsaladi2@...vell.com>
> >
> > The physical/SerDes link of an netdev interface is not
> > toggled on interface bring up and bring down. This is
> > because the same link is shared between PFs and its VFs.
> > This patch adds devlink param to toggle physical link so
> > that it is useful in cases where a physical link needs to
> > be re-initialized.
>
> So it's a reset? Or are there cases where user wants the link
> to stay down?

There are cases where the user wants the link to stay down and debug.
We are adding this to help customers to debug issues wrt physical links.

Thanks,
Sundeep