From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: antoine.tenart@bootlin.com (Antoine Tenart) Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 09:52:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH net-next 02/10] net: phy: phylink: allow 10GKR interface to use in-band negotiation In-Reply-To: <20180316155307.GQ9418@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> References: <20180316103351.16616-1-antoine.tenart@bootlin.com> <20180316103351.16616-3-antoine.tenart@bootlin.com> <20180316155307.GQ9418@n2100.armlinux.org.uk> Message-ID: <20180319085252.GF4519@kwain> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org Hi Russell, On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 03:53:07PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 11:33:43AM +0100, Antoine Tenart wrote: > > The PHY mode 10GKR can use in-band negotiation. This patches allows this > > mode to be used with MLO_AN_INBAND in phylink. > > > > Signed-off-by: Antoine Tenart > > --- > > drivers/net/phy/phylink.c | 3 ++- > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c > > index 51a011a349fe..7224b005f0dd 100644 > > --- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c > > +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c > > @@ -768,7 +768,8 @@ int phylink_of_phy_connect(struct phylink *pl, struct device_node *dn, > > /* Fixed links and 802.3z are handled without needing a PHY */ > > if (pl->link_an_mode == MLO_AN_FIXED || > > (pl->link_an_mode == MLO_AN_INBAND && > > - phy_interface_mode_is_8023z(pl->link_interface))) > > + (phy_interface_mode_is_8023z(pl->link_interface) || > > + pl->link_interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_10GKR))) > > There is no inband negotiation like there is with 802.3z or SGMII, > so this makes no sense. Oh, that's what I feared. I read some docs but probably will need more :) Anyway, the reason to use in-band negotiation was also to avoid using fixed-link. It would work but always report the link is up, which for the user isn't a great experience as we have a way to detect this. What would you suggest to achieve this in a reasonable way? Thanks, Antoine -- Antoine T?nart, Bootlin (formerly Free Electrons) Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com