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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: "Pablo D. Bergamasco" <danpablo@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [QUESTION] staging: octeon: is the FIXME in cvm_oct_sgmii_init stale?
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 12:26:35 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026061820-unshaved-pajamas-4b64@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260617210743.1825733-1-danpablo@gmail.com>

On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 06:07:43PM -0300, Pablo D. Bergamasco wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> While looking at drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-sgmii.c I noticed
> a FIXME comment in cvm_oct_sgmii_init():
> 
>     cvm_oct_common_init(dev);
>     /* FIXME: Need autoneg logic */
>     return 0;
> 
> After tracing the code, I believe autoneg is already handled when
> the interface is opened:
> 
>   cvm_oct_sgmii_open()
>       -> cvm_oct_common_open()
>           -> cvm_oct_phy_setup_device()
>               -> phy_start()
>                   -> phy_state_machine()
>                       -> _phy_start_aneg()
>                           -> genphy_config_aneg()
> 
> Is my analysis correct? If so, should I send a patch to remove
> the stale FIXME comment?

I have no idea, sorry, test it out on the hardware and see!

thanks,

greg k-h

      reply	other threads:[~2026-06-18 10:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-17 21:07 [QUESTION] staging: octeon: is the FIXME in cvm_oct_sgmii_init stale? Pablo D. Bergamasco
2026-06-18 10:26 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]

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