netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 07/15] net: phylink: centralize phy_interface_mode_is_8023z() && phylink_autoneg

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Message-ID: <ZRv6vNJhvVI9/1RX@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2023 12:27:56 +0100
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-phy@...ts.infradead.org,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@....com>,
	Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>,
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	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>,
	Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@...o.com>,
	Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>,
	Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>,
	Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 07/15] net: phylink: centralize
 phy_interface_mode_is_8023z() && phylink_autoneg_inband() checks

On Sat, Sep 23, 2023 at 04:48:56PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> In a future change, we will extend the PHY interface modes for which
> phylink allows the PCS to handle autoneg. Group the existing occurences
> into a common phylink_pcs_handles_an().

I don't see anything wrong with this change, despite my comments on the
next patch. However, including INTERNAL in this may cause problems with
DSA. I think maybe these two patches need to be tested on DSA setups
that make use of INTERNAL.

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