netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 14/16] net: stmmac: dwmac-loongson: Disable flow control for GMAC

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Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2023 21:38:26 +0100
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To: Feiyang Chen <chenfeiyang@...ngson.cn>
Cc: andrew@...n.ch, hkallweit1@...il.com, peppe.cavallaro@...com,
	alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com, joabreu@...opsys.com,
	chenhuacai@...ngson.cn, dongbiao@...ngson.cn,
	loongson-kernel@...ts.loongnix.cn, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	loongarch@...ts.linux.dev, chris.chenfeiyang@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 14/16] net: stmmac: dwmac-loongson: Disable flow
 control for GMAC

On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 07:30:35PM +0800, Feiyang Chen wrote:
> +
> +		if (priv->plat->disable_flow_control) {
> +			phy_support_sym_pause(dev->phydev);
> +			phy_set_sym_pause(dev->phydev, false, false, true);
> +		}

Given that stmmac uses phylink, control over the PHY is given over to
phylink to manage on the driver's behalf. Therefore, the above is not
very useful.

The correct way to deal with this is via
	priv->phylink_config.mac_capabilities

in stmmac_phy_setup().

Thanks.

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