Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Don't force link when using in-band-status

From: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 16:05:35 +0200

On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 03:49:40PM +0200, Marek Behun wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:15:52 +0100
> Russell King - ARM Linux admin <[email-masked]> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 04:45:56PM +1300, Chris Packham wrote:
> > > When a port is configured with 'managed = "in-band-status"' don't force
> > > the link up, the switch MAC will detect the link status correctly.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <[email-masked]>
> > > Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>  
> > 
> > I thought we had issues with the 88E6390 where the PCS does not
> > update the MAC with its results. Isn't this going to break the
> > 6390? Andrew?
> > 
> 
> Russell, I tested this patch on Turris MOX with 6390 on port 9 (cpu
> port) which is configured in devicetree as 2500base-x, in-band-status,
> and it works...
> 
> Or will this break on user ports?

User ports is what needs testing, ideally with an SFP.

There used to be explicit code which when the SERDES reported link up,
the MAC was configured in software with the correct speed etc. With
the move to pcs APIs, it is less obvious how this works now, does it
still software configure the MAC, or do we have the right magic so
that the hardware updates itself.

     Andrew