Re: [PATCH net-next v12 09/18] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: Fix link status for none-SGMII modes

["Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>]

On Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 12:44:57PM +0100, Frank Wunderlich wrote:
> Am 8. März 2023 12:38:31 MEZ schrieb "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>:
> >On Tue, Mar 07, 2023 at 03:54:11PM +0000, Daniel Golle wrote:
> >> Link partner advertised link modes are not reported by the SerDes
> >> hardware if not operating in SGMII mode. Hence we cannot use
> >> phylink_mii_c22_pcs_decode_state() in this case.
> >> Implement reporting link and an_complete only and use speed according to
> >> the interface mode.
> >> 
> >> Fixes: 14a44ab0330d ("net: mtk_eth_soc: partially convert to phylink_pcs")
> >> Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
> >
> >This has been proven to work by Frank Wunderlich last October, so by
> >making this change, you will be regressing his setup.
> 
> Hi
> 
> My tests were done with 1 kind of 1g fibre sfp as i only have these atm...have ordered some 2g5 rj54 ones,but don't have them yet. I'm not sure if they are working with/without sgmii (1000base-X) and if they have builtin phy.

Fiber SFPs do not have a built in PHY. They merely convert the serdes
electrical waveform into light and back again, possibly with some
retiming of the received waveform, and a bit of monitoring. They're
pretty simple devices.

They certainly do not change the protocol in any way.

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