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Message-ID: <5305c72d-e8f0-c4cd-3a85-2f12a0f644c8@microchip.com>
Date:   Thu, 4 Nov 2021 16:15:53 +0100
From:   Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com>
To:     Parshuram Raju Thombare <pthombar@...ence.com>,
        Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@...o.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC:     Milind Parab <mparab@...ence.com>,
        Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@...rochip.com>,
        Antoine Tenart <atenart@...nel.org>,
        "Russell King" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v5] net: macb: Fix several edge cases in validate

On 03/11/2021 at 11:14, Parshuram Raju Thombare wrote:
> Hi Sean,
> 
> Thanks for this improvement.
> 
>> +      if (!macb_is_gem(bp) ||
>> +          (bp->caps & MACB_CAPS_GIGABIT_MODE_AVAILABLE)) {
>> +              have_1g = true;
>> +              if (bp->caps & MACB_CAPS_PCS)
>> +                      have_sgmii = true;
>> +              if (bp->caps & MACB_CAPS_HIGH_SPEED)
>> +                      have_10g = true;
> 
> As I understand, MACB_CAPS_GIGABIT_MODE_AVAILABLE is used as a quirk in configs
> to prevent giga bit operation support, Nicolas should have more information about this.

That's right Parshuram.

> macb_is_gem() tells whether giga bit operations is supported by HW, MACB_CAPS_PCS indicate
> whether PCS is included in the design (needed for SGMII and 10G operation), MACB_CAPS_HIGH_SPEED
> indicate if design supports 10G operation.
> 
> I believe this should be
> 
>> +      if (macb_is_gem(bp) &&
>> +          (bp->caps & MACB_CAPS_GIGABIT_MODE_AVAILABLE)) {
>> +              have_1g = true;
>> +              if (bp->caps & MACB_CAPS_PCS)
>> +                      have_sgmii = true;
>> +              if (bp->caps & MACB_CAPS_HIGH_SPEED)
>> +                      have_10g = true;


Regards,
   Nicolas

-- 
Nicolas Ferre