Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH v2] net: phy: Add driver for Motorcomm yt8521 gigabit

From: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:56:22 +0200

> > > +int yt8521_config_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev)
> > > +{
> > > + struct yt8521_priv *priv = phydev->priv;
> > > + u8 polling_mode = priv->polling_mode;
> > > + int old_page;
> > > + int ret;
> > > +
> > > + old_page = yt8521_read_page_with_lock(phydev);
> > > + if (old_page)
> > > +  return old_page;
> > > +
> > > + if (polling_mode == YT8521_MODE_FIBER ||
> > > +     polling_mode == YT8521_MODE_POLL) {
> > > +  ret = yt8521_write_page_with_lock(phydev,
> > > +        YT8521_RSSR_FIBER_SPACE);
> > > +  if (ret < 0)
> > > +   goto err_restore_page;
> > > +
> > > +  ret = genphy_config_aneg(phydev);
> > > +  if (ret < 0)
> > > +   goto err_restore_page;
> > > + }
> > > +
> > > + if (polling_mode == YT8521_MODE_UTP ||
> > > +     polling_mode == YT8521_MODE_POLL) {
> > > +  ret = yt8521_write_page_with_lock(phydev,
> > > +        YT8521_RSSR_UTP_SPACE);
> > > +  if (ret < 0)
> > > +   goto err_restore_page;
> > > +
> > > +  ret = genphy_config_aneg(phydev);
> > > +  if (ret < 0)
> > > +   goto err_restore_page;
> > > + }
> > 
> > Looks like this could be refactored to reduce duplication.
> > 
> 
> sure, as the reason said above, the same operation is required in both utp and
> fiber spaces.

So you can probably pull the 'core' of this function out into a
helper, and then call it either with YT8521_RSSR_UTP_SPACE or
YT8521_RSSR_FIBER_SPACE.

> > > + ret = !!(link_fiber | link_utp);
> > 
> > Does this mean it can do both copper and fibre at the same time. And
> > whichever gives up first wins?
> 
> Sure, the phy supports utp, fiber, and both. In the case of both, this driver
> supposes that fiber is of priority.

It is generally not that simple. Fibre, you probably want 1000BaseX,
unless the fibre module is actually copper, and then you want
SGMII. So you need something to talk to the fibre module and ask it
what it is. That something is phylink. Phylink does not support both
copper and fibre at the same time for one MAC.

       Andrew