netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 4/8] net: phy: aquantia: add support for aqr115c

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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 23:24:48 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Cc: Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>,
	Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>,
	Jose Abreu <joabreu@...opsys.com>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Maxime Coquelin <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/8] net: phy: aquantia: add support for aqr115c

>  	case MDIO_PHYXS_VEND_IF_STATUS_TYPE_OCSGMII:
> -		phydev->interface = PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_2500BASEX;
> +		phydev->interface = PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_OCSGMII;
>  		break;

O.K. Given Russells reply, what happens if you skip this hunk, don't
add PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_OCSGMII but use PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_2500BASEX,
and change the MAC driver as needed. Given this here, it seems likely
somebody else is using MDIO_PHYXS_VEND_IF_STATUS_TYPE_OCSGMII as
PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_2500BASEX, so i expect it will work.

Adding PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_OCSGMII is a UAPI addition, since it becomes
possible to pass it in phy-mode in DT. That means, it is hard to
remove later, if Russell ever finds the time to finish his patches,
and PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_OCSGMII is not needed. So if we can avoid
adding it, we should.

       Andrew