Thread (15 messages) 15 messages, 3 authors, 2021-10-29

Re: [PATCH v5 net-next 06/10] net: dsa: microchip: add support for phylink management

From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
Date: 2021-10-28 17:05:43
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On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 10:11:07PM +0530, Prasanna Vengateshan wrote:
Support for phylink_validate() and reused KSZ commmon API for
phylink_mac_link_down() operation

lan937x_phylink_mac_config configures the interface using
lan937x_mac_config and lan937x_phylink_mac_link_up configures
the speed/duplex/flow control.

Currently SGMII & in-band neg are not supported & it will be
added later.

Signed-off-by: Prasanna Vengateshan <redacted>
Hi,

I've just sent "net: dsa: populate supported_interfaces member"
which adds a hook to allow DSA to populate the newly introduced
supported_interfaces member of phylink_config. Once this patch is
merged, it would be great to see any new drivers setting this
member.

Essentially, the phylink_get_interfaces method is called with the
DSA switch and port number, and a pointer to the supported_interfaces
member - which is a bitmap of PHY_INTERFACE_MODEs that are supported
by this port.

When you have set any bit in the supported interfaces, phylink's
behaviour when calling your lan937x_phylink_validate changes - it will
no longer call it with PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_NA, but will instead do a
bitwalk over the bitmap, and call it for each supported interface type
instead.

When phylink has a specific interface mode, it will continue to make a
single call - but only if the interface mode is indicated as supported
in the supported interfaces bitmap.

Please keep an eye on "net: dsa: populate supported_interfaces member"
and if you need to respin this series after that patch has been merged,
please update in regards of this.

Thanks.

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