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From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux•org.uk>
To: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp•com>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn•ch>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail•com>,
	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@gmail•com>,
	Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail•com>,
	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin•com>,
	Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@nxp•com>,
	George McCollister <george.mccollister@gmail•com>,
	Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m•de>,
	Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@linutronix•de>,
	Woojung Huh <woojung.huh@microchip•com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft•net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel•org>,
	"netdev@vger•kernel.org" <netdev@vger•kernel.org>,
	"UNGLinuxDriver@microchip•com" <UNGLinuxDriver@microchip•com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 09/12] net: dsa: ocelot: convert to phylink_generic_validate()
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 21:21:13 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YZ6syUqWKoXJiQGv@shell.armlinux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211124200748.mrjuzgwunnn4zjxf@skbuf>

On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 08:07:49PM +0000, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 05:53:09PM +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> > Populate the supported interfaces and MAC capabilities for the Ocelot
> > DSA switches and remove the old validate implementation to allow DSA to
> > use phylink_generic_validate() for this switch driver.
> > 
> > The felix_vsc9959 and seville_vsc9953 sub-drivers only supports a
> > single interface mode, defined by ocelot_port->phy_mode, so we indicate
> > only this interface mode to phylink. Since phylink restricts the
> > ethtool link modes based on interface, we do not need to make the MAC
> > capabilities dependent on the interface mode.
> 
> Yes, and this driver cannot make use of phylink_generic_validate()
> unless something changes in phylink_get_linkmodes(). You've said a
> number of times that PHY rate adaptation via PAUSE frames is not
> something that is supported, yet it works with 2500base-x and the felix
> driver, and we use this functionality on LS1028A-QDS boards and the
> AQR412 PHY, and customer boards using LS1028A probably use it too. See
> this comment in ocelot_phylink_mac_link_up():

I'll drop this for now, since the issues around rate adaption should
not be handled by phylink_generic_validate(). The point of this
generic helper is to deal with the common case.

We don't get have a way of knowing that the PHY is using rate adaption,
and when rate adaption is in use, it changes the requirements for the
validation path quite substantially. So, we need:

1) phylib to be able to tell us that rate adaption is happening on the
   PHY.
2) change the way we restrict the PHY support/advertisements when
   rate adaption is in use.

I view this as an entirely separate change to this series; it needs to
change in phylink_bringup_phy(), where the restriction is applied to
the PHY, and not in phylink_validate() or below that function.

Thanks.

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-11-24 21:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-11-24 17:46 [PATCH RFC net-next 00/12] Allow DSA drivers to set all phylink capabilities Russell King (Oracle)
2021-11-24 17:52 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 01/12] net: dsa: consolidate phylink creation Russell King (Oracle)
2021-11-24 18:11   ` Vladimir Oltean
2021-11-24 23:25     ` Russell King (Oracle)
2021-11-24 17:52 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 02/12] net: dsa: support use of phylink_generic_validate() Russell King (Oracle)
2021-11-24 18:13   ` Vladimir Oltean
2021-11-24 17:52 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 03/12] net: dsa: replace phylink_get_interfaces() with phylink_get_caps() Russell King (Oracle)
2021-11-24 18:15   ` Vladimir Oltean
2021-11-24 18:26     ` Russell King (Oracle)
2021-11-24 19:10       ` Russell King (Oracle)
2021-11-24 20:26         ` Vladimir Oltean
2021-11-24 20:56           ` Russell King (Oracle)
2021-11-24 21:18             ` Vladimir Oltean
2021-11-24 17:52 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 04/12] net: dsa: ar9331: convert to phylink_generic_validate() Russell King (Oracle)
2021-11-24 17:52 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 05/12] net: dsa: bcm_sf2: " Russell King (Oracle)
2021-12-03 20:03   ` Florian Fainelli
2021-12-04  4:18     ` Florian Fainelli
2021-12-04  8:59       ` Russell King (Oracle)
2021-12-04 14:42         ` Russell King (Oracle)
2021-12-04 14:52         ` Russell King (Oracle)
2021-12-04 15:01           ` Andrew Lunn
2021-12-05 12:58             ` Russell King (Oracle)
2021-12-06 15:59           ` Tom Lendacky
2021-12-06 16:13             ` Russell King (Oracle)
2021-12-06 16:36               ` Tom Lendacky
2021-12-06 16:39                 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2021-12-06 17:06           ` Florian Fainelli
2021-12-06 19:26             ` Russell King (Oracle)
2021-12-07 18:08               ` Russell King (Oracle)
2021-11-24 17:52 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 06/12] net: dsa: hellcreek: " Russell King (Oracle)
2021-11-25  8:49   ` Kurt Kanzenbach
2021-11-24 17:52 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 07/12] net: dsa: ksz8795: " Russell King (Oracle)
2021-11-24 17:53 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 08/12] net: dsa: lantiq: " Russell King (Oracle)
2021-11-28 18:49   ` Hauke Mehrtens
2021-11-24 17:53 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 09/12] net: dsa: ocelot: " Russell King (Oracle)
2021-11-24 20:07   ` Vladimir Oltean
2021-11-24 21:21     ` Russell King (Oracle) [this message]
2021-11-24 17:53 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 10/12] net: dsa: qca8k: " Russell King (Oracle)
2021-11-24 17:53 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 11/12] net: dsa: sja1105: " Russell King (Oracle)
2021-11-24 19:53   ` Vladimir Oltean
2021-11-24 21:08     ` Russell King (Oracle)
2021-11-24 22:34       ` Vladimir Oltean
2021-11-24 23:21         ` Russell King (Oracle)
2021-11-24 23:32           ` Vladimir Oltean
2021-11-25 12:56             ` Russell King (Oracle)
2021-11-25 16:18               ` Vladimir Oltean
2021-11-24 17:53 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 12/12] net: dsa: xrs700x: " Russell King (Oracle)
2021-12-03 16:15 ` [PATCH RFC net-next 00/12] Allow DSA drivers to set all phylink capabilities Russell King (Oracle)
2021-12-03 19:28   ` Florian Fainelli
2021-12-03 19:44     ` Florian Fainelli

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