RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next 03/18] net: mvpp2: set the SMI PHY address when connecting to the PHY

Stefan Chulski
2017-08-23T13:31:39Z

> In order to safely read/write the PHY, you need to hold the PHY mutex.
> Unless the hardware is very smart, please don't enable this. Let the phylib and
> the appropriate PHY driver do the work.
>
> Andrew

Hi Andrew,

This feature work only for Out-of-Band Auto-Negotiation in SGMII Mode.
Current GoP(MAC) code configure SGMII In-band Auto-Negotiation performed by the PCS layer
without PHY polling.

Regards,
Stefan.