netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next v2 4/6] net: phylink: unset ovr_an

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Date:   Tue, 14 Jun 2022 01:54:59 +0000
From:   "Ong, Boon Leong" <boon.leong.ong@...el.com>
To:     Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>
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Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next v2 4/6] net: phylink: unset ovr_an_inband if
 fixed-link is selected

>On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 11:29:39AM +0800, Ong Boon Leong wrote:
>> If "fixed-link" DT or ACPI _DSD subnode is selected, it should take
>> precedence over the value of ovr_an_inband passed by MAC driver.
>>
>> Fixes: ab39385021d1 ("net: phylink: make phylink_parse_mode() support
>non-DT platform")
>> Tested-by: Emilio Riva <emilio.riva@...csson.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Ong Boon Leong <boon.leong.ong@...el.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/phy/phylink.c | 4 +++-
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
>> index 066684b8091..566852815e0 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
>> @@ -609,8 +609,10 @@ static int phylink_parse_mode(struct phylink *pl,
>struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
>>  	const char *managed;
>>
>>  	dn = fwnode_get_named_child_node(fwnode, "fixed-link");
>> -	if (dn || fwnode_property_present(fwnode, "fixed-link"))
>> +	if (dn || fwnode_property_present(fwnode, "fixed-link")) {
>>  		pl->cfg_link_an_mode = MLO_AN_FIXED;
>> +		pl->config->ovr_an_inband = false;
>> +	}
>
>ovr_an_inband was added to support "non-DT" platforms, and the only
>place it's set is stmmac. I don't see why you'd want a driver to always
>set this member, and then have phylink clear it - the driver should be
>setting it correctly itself, otherwise it becomes a "maybe override AN
>inband if certain conditions are met" flag inside phylink.
Good point. Will make the "ovr_an_inband" not set inside the dwmac-intel
if fixed-link is used.