netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: stmmac: Fix false "invalid port speed" warning

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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 19:42:55 -0500
From: Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@...hat.com>
To: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>
Cc: 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>, 
	Giuseppe CAVALLARO <peppe.cavallaro@...com>, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>, 
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com, 
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: stmmac: Fix false "invalid port speed" warning

On Fri, Aug 09, 2024 at 10:21:39PM GMT, Serge Semin wrote:
> If the internal SGMII/TBI/RTBI PCS is available in a DW GMAC or DW QoS Eth
> instance and there is no "snps,ps-speed" property specified (or the
> plat_stmmacenet_data::mac_port_sel_speed field is left zero), then the
> next warning will be printed to the system log:
> 
> > [  294.611899] stmmaceth 1f060000.ethernet: invalid port speed
> 
> By the original intention the "snps,ps-speed" property was supposed to be
> utilized on the platforms with the MAC2MAC link setup to fix the link
> speed with the specified value. But since it's possible to have a device
> with the DW *MAC with the SGMII/TBI/RTBI interface attached to a PHY, then
> the property is actually optional (which is also confirmed by the DW MAC
> DT-bindings). Thus it's absolutely normal to have the
> plat_stmmacenet_data::mac_port_sel_speed field zero initialized indicating
> that there is no need in the MAC-speed fixing and the denoted warning is
> false.
> 
> Fix the warning by permitting the plat_stmmacenet_data::mac_port_sel_speed
> field to have the zero value in case if the internal PCS is available.
> 
> Fixes: 02e57b9d7c8c ("drivers: net: stmmac: add port selection programming")
> Signed-off-by: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@...hat.com>