06/12/2021 23:19, Stephen Douthit:

Hello all,

Hello, it seems to be your first contribution, welcome!

We have several platforms based on Intel's C3000 series of SoCs that
have integrated ixgbe devices (X550EM) operating in the "Native SFI"
mode (the 0x15c4 device ID).

For ixgbe patches, you may Cc Haiyue Wang [off-list ref]
who is the maintainer of the driver.
Tip: Cc is automatic when using --cc-cmd devtools/get-maintainer.sh

The first five patches in the series all fix issues relating to the ID
and setup of SFPs.

Patch 6 allows slow to boot SFPs (like some XGS-PON modules) to work.

Patch 7 enables 1G Cu to run with a warning, similar to other
unofficially supported modules covered by the allow_unsupported_sfp
flag.  Currently we use this for g.Fast modules, but other modules that
enumerate as 1G Cu may also benefit.

Since all of my testing was done on a C3000 platform, and the ixgbe
driver now covers a large number of devices, any regression testing that
can be done on other ixgbe devices would be greatly appreciated.

Larger testing can be done during the release candidate phases,
or even before -rc1 if the patches are applied quickly.
It is waiting for Intel maintainers first.

Thank you