netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: phy: Provide Module 4 KSZ9477 errata (DS80000754C)

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Message-ID: <ZO8jIQJLE53GH6G6@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:08:17 +0100
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To: Lukasz Majewski <lukma@...x.de>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	davem@...emloft.net, Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@...rochip.com>,
	Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
	Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>, Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: phy: Provide Module 4 KSZ9477 errata
 (DS80000754C)

On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 11:21:19AM +0200, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> +	/* KSZ9477 Errata DS80000754C
> +	 *
> +	 * Module 4: Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) feature select must be
> +	 * manually disabled
> +	 *   The EEE feature is enabled by default, but it is not fully
> +	 *   operational. It must be manually disabled through register
> +	 *   controls. If not disabled, the PHY ports can auto-negotiate
> +	 *   to enable EEE, and this feature can cause link drops when linked
> +	 *   to another device supporting EEE.
> +	 *
> +	 *   Although, the KSZ9477 MMD register
> +	 *   (MMD_DEVICE_ID_EEE_ADV.MMD_EEE_ADV) advertise that EEE is
> +	 *   operational one needs to manualy clear them to follow the chip
> +	 *   errata.
> +	 */
> +	linkmode_and(phydev->supported_eee, phydev->supported, zero);

Hi,

I'm wondering whether you had a reason to write the above, rather than
use the simpler:

	linkmode_zero(phydev->supported_eee);

Thanks.

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