Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] net: ethernet: introduce phy_set_pause

Doug Berger
2020-05-12T18:43:35Z

On 5/11/2020 5:51 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 05:24:09PM -0700, Doug Berger wrote:
>> This commit introduces the phy_set_pause function to the phylib as
>> a helper to support the set_pauseparam ethtool method.
>>
>> It is hoped that the new behavior introduced by this function will
>> be widely embraced and the phy_set_sym_pause and phy_set_asym_pause
>> functions can be deprecated. Those functions are retained for all
>> existing users and for any desenting opinions on my interpretation
>> of the functionality.
>
> It would be good to add comments to phy_set_sym_pause and
> phy_set_asym_pause indicating they are deprecated and point to
> phy_set_pause().
>
> Andrew
>

To be clear, this patch set reflects the pauseparam implementation I
desire for the bcmgenet driver. I attempted to implement it as a common
phylib service with the hope that it would help other network driver
maintainers add support for pause in a common way.

I would like to get feedback/consensus that it is desirable behavior for
other drivers to implement before promoting the change of existing
implementations.

In particular, I would like to know Russell King's opinion since he has
clearly observed (and documented) the short comings of current
implementations as part of his phylink work.

If others agree with this being the way to move forward, I will submit
another revision with your suggested comments about deprecation within
the specified functions.

Thanks for the feedback,
Doug