netdev - Re: [PATCH net v1 2/2] net: phy: dp83tg720: get initial master/slave configuration

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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 09:01:23 +0200
From: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...gutronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v1 2/2] net: phy: dp83tg720: get initial master/slave
 configuration

On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 07:21:15AM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 09:33:01PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 08:30:34PM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> > > Get initial master/slave configuration, otherwise ethtool
> > > wont be able to provide this information until link is
> > > established. This makes troubleshooting harder, since wrong
> > > role configuration would prevent the link start.
> > 
> > I looked at how genphy_c45_read_status() works. If we have
> > phydev->autoneg == AUTONEG_ENABLE then genphy_c45_baset1_read_status()
> > is called which sets phydev->master_slave_get. If not AUTONEG_ENABLE
> > it calls genphy_c45_read_pma() which ends up calling
> > genphy_c45_pma_baset1_read_master_slave().
> > 
> > So it seems like the .read_status op should be setting master/slave
> > each time it is called, and not one time during .config_init.
> > 
> > What do you think?
> 
> Yes, you are right. I verified it:
> In case of this driver, .config_init will be executed every time no link
> is detected over phy_init_hw() call. If link is detected
> genphy_c45_pma_baset1_read_master_slave() is called directly.
> It is not directly visible but read_master_slave() will be executed on
> every  .read_status.

Hm.. on other hand. Since the configuration state is readed only on
init and reset, we will see on user space side only default state not updated
after config_aneg().

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