Re: [PATCH] phy: aquantia: Configure SERDES mode by default

[Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@seco.com>]

On 11/15/22 17:37, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 04:07:39PM -0500, Sean Anderson wrote:
>> When autonegotiation completes, the phy interface will be set based on
>> the global config register for that speed. If the SERDES mode is set to
>> something which the MAC does not support, then the link will not come
>> up. The register reference says that the SERDES mode should default to
>> XFI, but for some phys lower speeds default to XFI/2 (5G XFI). To ensure
>> the link comes up correctly, configure the SERDES mode.
>> 
>> We use the same configuration for all interfaces. We don't advertise
>> any speeds faster than the interface mode, so they won't be selected.
>> We default to pause-based rate adaptation, but enable USXGMII rate
>> adaptation for USXGMII. I'm not sure if this is correct for
>> SGMII; it might need USXGMII adaptation instead.
>> 
>> This effectively disables switching interface mode depending on the
>> speed, in favor of using rate adaptation. If this is not desired, we
>> would need some kind of API to configure things.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@seco.com>
>> ---
> 
> Was this patch tested and confirmed to do something sane on any platform
> at all?

This was mainly intended for Tim to test and see if it fixed his problem.

--Sean