Re: [PATCH v3 06/13] net: phy: add qca8081 read_status

Andrew Lunn
2021-10-19T12:32:09Z

On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 08:10:15PM +0800, Jie Luo wrote:
>
> On 10/19/2021 5:42 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > +static int qca808x_read_status(struct phy_device *phydev)
> > > +{
> > > + int ret;
> > > +
> > > + ret = phy_read_mmd(phydev, MDIO_MMD_AN, MDIO_AN_10GBT_STAT);
> > > + if (ret < 0)
> > > + return ret;
> > > +
> > > + linkmode_mod_bit(ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_2500baseT_Full_BIT, phydev->lp_advertising,
> > > + ret & MDIO_AN_10GBT_STAT_LP2_5G);
> > > +
> > Could genphy_c45_read_lpa() be used here?
> >
> > Andrew
>
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Thanks for the comments,  the MDIO_STAT1 of PHY does not follow the
> standard, bit0~bit6 of MDIO_STAT1 are
>
> always 0, genphy_c45_read_lpa can't be used.

O.K. It is a shame the hardware partially follow the standard, but
breaks it as well. Why go to the effort of partially following it,
when you don't gain anything from it because you need custom code
anyway?

Andrew