netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 6/8] net: pcs: Add 10GBASE-R mode for Synopsys Designware XPCS

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Date:   Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:03:12 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>
To:     Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu@...stnetic.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux@...linux.org.uk,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        mengyuanlou@...-swift.com, 'Jose Abreu' <Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 6/8] net: pcs: Add 10GBASE-R mode for
 Synopsys Designware XPCS

On Thu, Apr 20, 2023 at 09:56:26AM +0800, Jiawen Wu wrote:
> On Wednesday, April 19, 2023 9:20 PM, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 04:27:37PM +0800, Jiawen Wu wrote:
> > > Add basic support for XPCS using 10GBASE-R interface. This mode will
> > > be extended to use interrupt, so set pcs.poll false. And avoid soft
> > > reset so that the device using this mode is in the default configuration.
> > 
> > I'm not clear why the xpcs_soft_reset() call is avoided. Isn't the
> > out-of-reset configuration the "default" one?
> 
> Theoretically so, I need to configure 10GBASE-R mode after reset. But this
> configuration involves board info to configure PMA, etc., I'd like to implement
> it in the next patch. Now the "default" configuration refers to the mode in
> which the firmware is configured.

How much extra complexity are we talking about, to not depend on the
configuration done by the bootloader?