netdev - Re: [PATCH CFT net-next 0/6] net: dsa: qca8k: convert to phylink

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Message-ID: <YgKJxKBF6/i2k0tR@Ansuel-xps.localdomain>
Date:   Tue, 8 Feb 2022 16:18:28 +0100
From:   Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
To:     "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH CFT net-next 0/6] net: dsa: qca8k: convert to phylink_pcs
 and mark as non-legacy

On Tue, Feb 08, 2022 at 03:11:30PM +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> This series adds support into DSA for the mac_select_pcs method, and
> converts qca8k to make use of this, eventually marking qca8k as non-
> legacy.
> 
> Patch 1 adds DSA support for mac_select_pcs.

Was thinking... Is it possible to limit the polling just to sgmii/basex?
Would save some overhead in the case fixed-rate is set and the link
never change.

> Patch 2 and patch 3 moves code around in qca8k to make patch 4 more
> readable.
> Patch 4 does a simple conversion to phylink_pcs.
> Patch 5 moves the serdes configuration to phylink_pcs.
> Patch 6 marks qca8k as non-legacy.
> 
>  drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c | 738 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>  drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.h |   8 +
>  include/net/dsa.h       |   3 +
>  net/dsa/port.c          |  15 +
>  4 files changed, 436 insertions(+), 328 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/
> FTTP is here! 40Mbps down 10Mbps up. Decent connectivity at last!

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	Ansuel