Subject: Re: [PATCH] lan743x: Added fixed link and RGMII support

From: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 23:30:00 +0200

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 09:30:02PM +0200, Roelof Berg wrote:
> Microchip lan7431 is frequently connected to a phy. However, it
> can also be directly connected to a MII remote peer without
> any phy in between. For supporting such a phyless hardware setup
> in Linux we utilized phylib, which supports a fixed-link
> configuration via the device tree. And we added support for
> defining the connection type R/GMII in the device tree.
> 
> New behavior:
> -------------
> . The automatic speed and duplex detection of the lan743x silicon
>   between mac and phy is disabled. Instead phylib is used like in
>   other typical Linux drivers. The usage of phylib allows to
>   specify fixed-link parameters in the device tree.
> 
> . The device tree entry phy-connection-type is supported now with
>   the modes RGMII or (G)MII (default).
> 
> Development state:
> ------------------
> . Tested with fixed-phy configurations. Not yet tested in normal
>   configurations with phy. Microchip kindly offered testing
>   as soon as the Corona measures allow this.
> 
> . All review findings of Andrew Lunn are included
> 
> Example:
> --------
> &pcie {
> 	status = "okay";
> 
> 	host@0 {
> 		reg = <0 0 0 0 0>;
> 
> 		#address-cells = <3>;
> 		#size-cells = <2>;
> 
> 		ethernet@0 {
> 			compatible = "weyland-yutani,noscom1", "microchip,lan743x";
> 			status = "okay";
> 			reg = <0 0 0 0 0>;
> 			phy-connection-type = "rgmii";
> 
> 			fixed-link {
> 				speed = <100>;
> 				full-duplex;
> 			};
> 		};
> 	};
> };
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roelof Berg <[email-masked]>

Hi Roelof

It looks like you took my suggestion as a basis. So i should give you:

Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>

since i did not include one in my posting. I'm happy to see it helped,
and fixed some other issues you were seeing.

    Andrew