From: Aleksander Jan Bajkowski <olek2@wp.pl>
To: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>,
linux@armlinux.org.uk, andrew@lunn.ch, hkallweit1@gmail.com,
davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com, kuba@kernel.org,
pabeni@redhat.com, rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk,
vladimir.oltean@nxp.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: phylink: print correct c45 phy id when missing PHY driver
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 18:46:55 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3b8ab7cf-fd09-400b-9115-a3985f765721@wp.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <54769f58-ac83-4c5b-bd0d-3c0e83c1ab31@bootlin.com>
Hi Maxime,
>> --- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
>> @@ -3917,13 +3917,30 @@ static void phylink_sfp_link_up(void *upstream)
>> phylink_enable_and_run_resolve(pl, PHYLINK_DISABLE_LINK);
>> }
>>
>> +static u32 phylink_get_phy_id(struct phy_device *phy)
>> +{
>> + if (phy->is_c45) {
>> + const int num_ids = ARRAY_SIZE(phy->c45_ids.device_ids);
>> + int i;
>> +
>> + for (i = 1; i < num_ids; i++) {
>> + if (phy->c45_ids.mmds_present & BIT(i))
>> + return (phy->c45_ids.device_ids[i]);
>> + }
>> +
>> + return 0;
>> + } else {
>> + return phy->phy_id;
>> + }
>> +}
> The function name is misleading, you don't really get the id, you get either
> the c22 id or the first non-zero C45 id.
Indeed. I think that all MMD C45 should have the same ID. Can you suggest a
better function name? :)
>
>> +
>> static int phylink_sfp_connect_phy(void *upstream, struct phy_device *phy)
>> {
>> struct phylink *pl = upstream;
>>
>> if (!phy->drv) {
>> - phylink_err(pl, "PHY %s (id 0x%.8lx) has no driver loaded\n",
>> - phydev_name(phy), (unsigned long)phy->phy_id);
>> + phylink_err(pl, "PHY %s (id 0x%.8x) has no driver loaded\n",
> Why change the printk format from 0x%.8lx to 0x%.8x ?
I followed the printk format. For u32, it should be %x instead of %lx.
Should I keep 0x%.8lx?
>> + phydev_name(phy), phylink_get_phy_id(phy));
>> phylink_err(pl, "Drivers which handle known common cases: CONFIG_BCM84881_PHY, CONFIG_MARVELL_PHY\n");
>> return -EINVAL;
>> }
> After reading all that, I'm actually not really convinced the overall patch
> is the best approach. It's a lot of logic for a very niche case. This is really for
> debug purposes, so why not instead print either the phy_id for a C22 PHY, or
> just "C45 PHY" and no id at all for C45 ? This removes the confusion about the
> id being 0, while still being cleat that the user needs to figure-out what's
> going on with their module...
The world of 10Gbase-T SFP+ modules is quite messy. SFP modules with the
same
part number use different PHYs (for example, an OEM SFP-10G-T might
internally
use Aquantia AQC113C, Marvell CUX3610, Realtek RTL8211BE, RTL8261C...).
I think the PHY ID is very useful information here. It gives an idea
which driver
package needs to be installed in the case of OpenWRT. Sometimes it also
indicates
that a new chip doesn't have a driver in the kernel yet.
Best regarads,
Aleksander
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-20 16:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-20 13:11 [PATCH net] net: phylink: print correct c45 phy id when missing PHY driver Aleksander Jan Bajkowski
2026-06-20 15:39 ` Maxime Chevallier
2026-06-20 16:46 ` Aleksander Jan Bajkowski [this message]
2026-06-20 19:24 ` Andrew Lunn
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