Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 1/5] net: dsa: mt7530: Convert to PHYLINK API

[Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>]

On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 02:13:25AM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 02:10, Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 01:58, Russell King - ARM Linux admin
> > <linux@armlinux.org.uk> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 01:14:59AM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 00:53, Russell King - ARM Linux admin
> > > > <linux@armlinux.org.uk> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 11:24:01PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > > > > > Hi Russell,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 6/24/19 6:39 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote:
> > > > > > > This should be removed - state->link is not for use in mac_config.
> > > > > > > Even in fixed mode, the link can be brought up/down by means of a
> > > > > > > gpio, and this should be dealt with via the mac_link_* functions.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What do you mean exactly that state->link is not for use, is that true in
> > > > > > general?
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes.  mac_config() should not touch it; it is not always in a defined
> > > > > state.  For example, if you set modes via ethtool (the
> > > > > ethtool_ksettings_set API) then state->link will probably contain
> > > > > zero irrespective of the true link state.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Experimentally, state->link is zero at the same time as state->speed
> > > > is -1, so just ignoring !state->link made sense. This is not in-band
> > > > AN. What is your suggestion? Should I proceed to try and configure the
> > > > MAC for SPEED_UNKNOWN?
> > >
> > > What would you have done with a PHY when the link is down, what speed
> > > would you have configured in the phylib adjust_link callback?  phylib
> > > also sets SPEED_UNKNOWN/DUPLEX_UNKNOWN when the link is down.
> > >
> >
> > With phylib, I'd make the driver ignore the speed and do nothing.
> > With phylink, I'd make the core not call mac_config.
> > But what happened is I saw phylink call mac_config anyway, said
> > 'weird' and proceeded to ignore it as I would have for phylib.
> > I'm just not understanding your position - it seems like you're
> > implying there's a bug in phylink and the function call with
> > MLO_AN_FIXED, state->link=0 and state->speed=-1 should not have taken
> 
> I meant MLO_AN_PHY, sorry.

The MAC could go into a low power mode.

    Andrew