Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 13/14] net: stmmac: remove obsolete pcs methods and associated code

From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 20:22:42 +0100

On Fri, Aug 02, 2024 at 02:02:25PM -0500, Andrew Halaney wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 02, 2024 at 11:47:32AM GMT, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> > The pcs_ctrl_ane() method is no longer required as this will be handled
> > by the mac_pcs phylink_pcs instance. Remove these methods, their common
> > implementation, the pcs_link, pcs_duplex and pcs_speed members of
> > struct stmmac_extra_stats, and stmmac_has_mac_phylink_select_pcs().
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <[email-masked]>
> 
> ...
> 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
> > index 3c8ae3753205..799af80024d2 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
> > @@ -321,48 +321,6 @@ static int stmmac_ethtool_get_link_ksettings(struct net_device *dev,
> >  {
> >  	struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
> >  
> > -	if (!(priv->plat->flags & STMMAC_FLAG_HAS_INTEGRATED_PCS) &&
> 
> This change effectively makes the INTEGRATED_PCS flag useless, I think
> we should remove it entirely.

I'm hoping the ethqos folk are going to test this patch series and tell
me whether it works for them - specifically Sneh Shah who added

	net: stmmac: dwmac-qcom-ethqos: Add support for 2.5G SGMII

which directly configures the PCS bypassing phylink. Specifically,
if this in stmmac_check_pcs_mode():

	priv->dma_cap.pcs && interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII

is true for this device, then we may be in for problems. Since
priv->dma_cap.pcs comes from hardware, it's impossible to tell
unless one has that hardware.

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