Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V3 3/4] net: lan743x: Migrate phylib to phylink

From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 17:27:20 +0100

On Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 04:33:13PM +0530, Raju Lakkaraju wrote:
> > > +     if (!dn || (ret && !lan743x_phy_handle_exists(dn))) {
> > > +             phydev = phy_find_first(adapter->mdiobus);
> > > +             if (!phydev) {
> > > +                     if (((adapter->csr.id_rev & ID_REV_ID_MASK_) ==
> > > +                           ID_REV_ID_LAN7431_) || adapter->is_pci11x1x) {
> > > +                             phydev = fixed_phy_register(PHY_POLL,
> > > +                                                         &fphy_status,
> > > +                                                         NULL);
> > 
> > I thought something was going to happen with this?
> 
> Our SQA confirmed that it's working ping as expected (i.e Speed at 1Gbps
> with full duplex) with Intel I210 NIC as link partner.
> 
> Do you suspect any corner case where it's fail?

Let me restate the review comment from V2:

"Eww. Given that phylink has its own internal fixed-PHY support, can we
not find some way to avoid the legacy fixed-PHY usage here?"

Yes, it may work, but fixed-phy is not supposed to be used with phylink.

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