netdev - Re: [PATCH] [iwl-net] Revert "igc: set TP bit in 'supported' and 'advertising' fields of ethtool_link

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Message-ID: <04bc5392-24da-49dc-a240-27e8c69c7e06@lunn.ch>
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2023 16:51:04 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: "Neftin, Sasha" <sasha.neftin@...el.com>
Cc: Prasad Koya <prasad@...sta.com>, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
	kuba@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net, pabeni@...hat.com,
	dumazet@...gle.com, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com,
	anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"lifshits, Vitaly" <vitaly.lifshits@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [iwl-net] Revert "igc: set TP bit in 'supported' and
 'advertising' fields of ethtool_link_ksettings"

On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 10:09:17AM +0300, Neftin, Sasha wrote:
> On 22/09/2023 19:38, Prasad Koya wrote:
> > This reverts commit 9ac3fc2f42e5ffa1e927dcbffb71b15fa81459e2.
> > 
> > After the command "ethtool -s enps0 speed 100 duplex full autoneg on",
> > i.e., advertise only 100Mbps speed to the peer, "ethtool enps0" shows
> > advertised speeds as 100Mbps and 2500Mbps. Same behavior is seen
> > when changing the speed to 10Mbps or 1000Mbps.
> > 
> > This applies to I225/226 parts, which only supports copper mode.
> > Reverting to original till the ambiguity is resolved.
> > 
> > Fixes: 9ac3fc2f42e5 ("igc: set TP bit in 'supported' and
> > 'advertising' fields of ethtool_link_ksettings")
> > Signed-off-by: Prasad Koya <prasad@...sta.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Sasha Neftin <sasha.neftin@...el.com>
> 
> > ---
> >   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_ethtool.c | 2 --
> >   1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_ethtool.c
> > index 93bce729be76..0e2cb00622d1 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_ethtool.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_ethtool.c
> > @@ -1708,8 +1708,6 @@ static int igc_ethtool_get_link_ksettings(struct net_device *netdev,
> >   	/* twisted pair */
> >   	cmd->base.port = PORT_TP;
> >   	cmd->base.phy_address = hw->phy.addr;
> > -	ethtool_link_ksettings_add_link_mode(cmd, supported, TP);
> > -	ethtool_link_ksettings_add_link_mode(cmd, advertising, TP);

This looks very odd. Please can you confirm this revert really does
make ethtool report the correct advertisement when it has been limited
to 100Mbps. Because looking at this patch, i have no idea how this is
going wrong.

	Andrew