Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: phylink: add phylink_pcs_loopback() method for PCS loopback support

 static int stmmac_test_phy_loopback(struct stmmac_priv *priv)
 {
 	struct stmmac_packet_attrs attr = { };
+	struct phylink_pcs *pcs;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!priv->dev->phydev)
-		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	if (priv->dev->phydev) {
+		ret = phy_loopback(priv->dev->phydev, true, 0);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
 
-	ret = phy_loopback(priv->dev->phydev, true, 0);
-	if (ret)
+		attr.dst = priv->dev->dev_addr;
+		ret = __stmmac_test_loopback(priv, &attr);
+
+		phy_loopback(priv->dev->phydev, false, 0);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
-	attr.dst = priv->dev->dev_addr;
-	ret = __stmmac_test_loopback(priv, &attr);
+	/* Use PCS loopback for interfaces without an external PHY. */

It should not be an either/or. You can have a PCS and an external PHY.
You might actually want to test both.

So i think you want stmmac_test_phy_loopback() and
stmmac_test_pcs_loopback() with the shared code in a helper.

    Andrew

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