Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 1/2] net: stmmac: fix PHY handle parsing

From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 10:24:49 +0000

On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 08:34:49AM +0000, Sit, Michael Wei Hong wrote:
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> > Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 1/2] net: stmmac: fix PHY handle
> > parsing
> > 
> > On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 08:56:19PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 03:02:07PM +0800, Michael Sit Wei
> > Hong wrote:
> > > > phylink_fwnode_phy_connect returns 0 when set to
> > MLO_AN_INBAND.
> > > > This causes the PHY handle parsing to skip and the PHY will not
> > be
> > > > attached to the MAC.
> > >
> > > Please could you expand the commit message because i'm
> > having trouble
> > > following this.
> > >
> > > phylink_fwnode_phy_connect() says:
> > >
> > > 	/* 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;
> > >
> > > So your first statement is not true. It should be
> > MLO_AN_INBAND and
> > > phy_interface_mode_is_8023z.
> > >
> > > > Add additional check for PHY handle parsing when set to
> > MLO_AN_INBAND.
> > >
> > > Looking at the patch, there is no reference to
> > MLO_AN_INBAND, or
> > > managed = "in-band-status";
> > 
> > That's the pesky "xpcs_an_inband" which ends up as phylink's
> > "ovr_an_inband"... I'm sure these are random renames of stuff
> > to make sure that people struggle to follow the code.
> > 
> It is as mentioned above, the "xpcs_an_inband" will end up as
> "ovr_an_inband" which will then
> set pl->cfg_link_an_mode = MLO_AN_INBAND in the
> phylink_parse_mode() in phylink.c

Let me make my comment more clear, because I don't think you understood
it correctly.

Please rename "xpcs_an_inband" to "ovr_an_inband" or
"phylink_ovr_an_inband" so it's obvious what it is and where it ends up.

Thanks.

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