Re: [PATCH] gianfar: Fix half-duplex operation for non-MII/RMII interfaces

[Anton Vorontsov <cbouatmailru@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 04:25:06PM -0500, Andy Fleming wrote:
[...]
>>> My concern is that you will be detecting the GMII interface, and
>>> disallowing half-duplex, despite the fact that the interface is  
>>> actually
>>> running at 10 or 100 Mbit.
>>
>> Very interesting, though I'm not sure I'm completely following. :-)
>>
>> Are you saying that I should do this instead:
>>
>> 	if (!phydev->duplex &&
>> 			(phyi == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_MII ||
>> 			 phyi == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RMII ||
>> 			 (phyi == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_GMII &&
>> 			  phydev->speed < 1000)))
>> 		tempval &= ~MACCFG2_FULL_DUPLEX;
>> 	else
>> 		tempval |= MACCFG2_FULL_DUPLEX;
>>
>> i.e. we detected GMII interface initially, but it downgraded
>> to MII since speed is < 1000, thus we can set half-duplex in MAC?
>
> Yeah, I think that works out more correctly.

Cool, thanks.

Do you happen to know how gianfar iface auto-detection works in HW?
I mean, if we connect 100 Mbs link to the GMII PHY, then
gfar_get_interface() would return MII, correct?

If so, then I think I'll also have to change
	phy_interface_t phyi = phydev->interface;
to
	phy_interface_t phyi = gfar_get_interface(dev);
since phydev->interface may contain outdated information.

Or this can't happen?

> And I suspect that the  same is true for UCC

Yup. Much thanks for catching this!

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