Re: [PATCH net-next v3 4/5] dpaa2-eth: add MAC/PHY support through phylink

[Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>]

On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 01:17:09PM +0300, Ioana Ciornei wrote:
> The dpaa2-eth driver now has support for connecting to its associated
> PHY device found through standard OF bindings.
> 
> This happens when the DPNI object (that the driver probes on) gets
> connected to a DPMAC. When that happens, the device tree is looked up by
> the DPMAC ID, and the associated PHY bindings are found.
> 
> The old logic of handling the net device's link state by hand still
> needs to be kept, as the DPNI can be connected to other devices on the
> bus than a DPMAC: other DPNI, DPSW ports, etc. This logic is only
> engaged when there is no DPMAC (and therefore no phylink instance)
> attached.
> 
> The MC firmware support multiple type of DPMAC links: TYPE_FIXED,
> TYPE_PHY. The TYPE_FIXED mode does not require any DPMAC management from
> Linux side, and as such, the driver will not handle such a DPMAC.
> 
> Although PHYLINK typically handles SFP cages and in-band AN modes, for
> the moment the driver only supports the RGMII interfaces found on the
> LX2160A. Support for other modes will come later.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@nxp.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>

    Andrew