On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 03:31:11PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:

On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 08:42:42PM +0530, Calvin Johnson wrote:

quoted

+int phylink_fwnode_phy_connect(struct phylink *pl,
+			       struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
+			       u32 flags)
+{
+	struct fwnode_handle *phy_fwnode;
+	struct phy_device *phy_dev;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (is_of_node(fwnode)) {
+		/* Fixed links and 802.3z are handled without needing a PHY */
+		if (pl->cfg_link_an_mode == MLO_AN_FIXED ||
+		    (pl->cfg_link_an_mode == MLO_AN_INBAND &&
+		     phy_interface_mode_is_8023z(pl->link_interface)))
+			return 0;

This difference between ACPI and DT really needs to be described in the
commit description.

For example, why is it acceptable to have a PHY in fixed-link mode if
we're using ACPI, and not DT?

If we look at the phylink code, accepting a PHY when in fixed-link mode
is basically not supported... so why should ACPI allow this?

DT and ACPI should handle fixed-link in similar manner. I'll remove the OF
check.

Thanks
Calvin