Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: enable support for 88E6361 switch

Alexis Lothoré
2023-05-18T09:10:56Z

Hello Andrew, thanks for the prompt review !

On 5/17/23 22:51, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 10:34:30PM +0200, alexis.lothore@bootlin.com wrote:
>> From: Alexis Lothoré <alexis.lothore@bootlin.com>
>>
>> Marvell 88E6361 is an 8-port switch derived from the
>> 88E6393X/88E9193X/88E6191X switches family. It can benefit from the
>> existing mv88e6xxx driver by simply adding the proper switch description in
>> the driver. Main differences with other switches from this
>> family are:
>> - 8 ports exposed (instead of 11): ports 1, 2 and 8 not available
>> - No 5GBase-x nor SFI/USXGMII support
>
> So what exactly is supported for link modes?
>
> The way you reuse the 6393 ops, are these differences actually
> enforced? It looks like mv88e6393x_phylink_get_caps() will allow
> 2500BaseX, 5GBaseX and 10GBaseR for port 10.

You are right, mv88e6393x_phylink_get_caps is currently too "generous" with
capabilities for 88E6361. With this chip, supported links modes are the following:
- port 0: MII, RMII, RGMII, 1000BaseX, 2500BaseX
- port 3 to 7: triple speed internal phys
- port 9 and 10: 1000BaseX, 25000BaseX
I'll add those specifications in cover letter for next revision for this series.
So indeed reported capabilities are wrong, I will update it. Taking a quick look
at other ops, I guess I'll have to fix some others too like
mv88e6393x_port_max_speed_mode
>
>> + [MV88E6361] = {
>> + .prod_num = MV88E6XXX_PORT_SWITCH_ID_PROD_6361,
>> + .family = MV88E6XXX_FAMILY_6393,
>> + .name = "Marvell 88E6361",
>> + .num_databases = 4096,
>> + .num_macs = 16384,
>> + .num_ports = 11,
>> + /* Ports 1, 2 and 8 are not routed */
>> + .invalid_port_mask = BIT(1) | BIT(2) | BIT(8),
>> + .num_internal_phys = 5,
>
> Which ports have internal PHYs? 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ? What does
> mv88e6xxx_phy_is_internal() return for these ports, and
> mv88e6xxx_get_capsmv88e6xxx_get_caps()? I'm wondering if you actually
> need to list 8 here?

Indeed there is something wrong here too. I need to tune
mv88e6393x_phylink_get_caps to reflect 88E6361 differences.

As stated above, port 3 to 7 are the ones with internal PHY.
For mv88e6xxx_phy_is_internal, I see that it is merely comparing the port index
to the number of internal phys, so in this case it would advertise (wrongly)
that ports 0 to 4 have internal phys. I also see that your suggestion (setting
num_interal_phys to max internal phy index + 1) is already in use for this
family (6393X has 8 internal phys but defines num_internal_phys to 9), so if
it's acceptable I will do as you suggest and set it to 8.

Thanks,
Alexis

>
> Andrew

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