netdev - [PATCH net-next] net: phy: marvell: add comment about m88e1111_config_init

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Message-Id: <E1rhos4-003yuQ-5p@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 10:51:36 +0000
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: marvell: add comment about
 m88e1111_config_init_1000basex()

The comment in m88e1111_config_init_1000basex() is wrong - it claims
that Autoneg will be enabled, but this doesn't actually happen.

Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
---
 drivers/net/phy/marvell.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/marvell.c b/drivers/net/phy/marvell.c
index 1faa22f58366..42ed013385bf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/marvell.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/marvell.c
@@ -919,7 +919,10 @@ static int m88e1111_config_init_1000basex(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	if (extsr < 0)
 		return extsr;
 
-	/* If using copper mode, ensure 1000BaseX auto-negotiation is enabled */
+	/* If using copper mode, ensure 1000BaseX auto-negotiation is enabled.
+	 * FIXME: this does not actually enable 1000BaseX auto-negotiation if
+	 * it was previously disabled in the Fiber BMCR!
+	 */
 	mode = extsr & MII_M1111_HWCFG_MODE_MASK;
 	if (mode == MII_M1111_HWCFG_MODE_COPPER_1000X_NOAN) {
 		err = phy_modify(phydev, MII_M1111_PHY_EXT_SR,
-- 
2.30.2