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From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
To: Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu@trustnetic.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, andrew@lunn.ch, hkallweit1@gmail.com,
	Jose.Abreu@synopsys.com, mengyuanlou@net-swift.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 6/7] net: txgbe: support copper NIC with external PHY
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 11:43:20 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZL5VyBb9cUTq/y3Y@shell.armlinux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230724102341.10401-7-jiawenwu@trustnetic.com>

On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 06:23:40PM +0800, Jiawen Wu wrote:
> @@ -22,6 +25,9 @@ static int txgbe_get_link_ksettings(struct net_device *netdev,
>  {
>  	struct txgbe *txgbe = netdev_to_txgbe(netdev);
>  
> +	if (txgbe->wx->media_type == sp_media_copper)
> +		return phy_ethtool_get_link_ksettings(netdev, cmd);

Why? If a PHY is attached via phylink, then phylink will automatically
forward the call below to phylib.
> +
>  	return phylink_ethtool_ksettings_get(txgbe->phylink, cmd);

If you implement it correctly, you also don't need two entirely
separate paths to configure the MAC/PCS for the results of the PHY's
negotiation, because phylink gives you a _generic_ set of interfaces
between whatever is downstream from the MAC and the MAC.

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  reply	other threads:[~2023-07-24 10:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-24 10:23 [PATCH net-next 0/7] support more link mode for TXGBE Jiawen Wu
2023-07-24 10:23 ` [PATCH net-next 1/7] net: pcs: xpcs: add specific vendor supoprt for Wangxun 10Gb NICs Jiawen Wu
2023-07-25 17:24   ` Andrew Lunn
2023-07-24 10:23 ` [PATCH net-next 2/7] net: pcs: xpcs: support to switch mode for Wangxun NICs Jiawen Wu
2023-07-25 17:32   ` Andrew Lunn
2023-07-26  2:40     ` Jiawen Wu
2023-07-24 10:23 ` [PATCH net-next 3/7] net: pcs: xpcs: add 1000BASE-X AN interrupt support Jiawen Wu
2023-07-24 10:23 ` [PATCH net-next 4/7] net: pcs: xpcs: adapt Wangxun NICs for SGMII mode Jiawen Wu
2023-07-24 10:34   ` Russell King (Oracle)
2023-07-25  2:05     ` Jiawen Wu
2023-07-25  7:48       ` Russell King (Oracle)
2023-07-25  9:50         ` Jiawen Wu
2023-07-25  9:58           ` Russell King (Oracle)
2023-07-25 10:08             ` Russell King (Oracle)
2023-07-25 10:45               ` Jiawen Wu
2023-07-28 10:11               ` Jiawen Wu
2023-07-28 10:24                 ` Andrew Lunn
2023-07-31  1:47                   ` Jiawen Wu
2023-07-28 10:33                 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2023-07-31  1:58                   ` Jiawen Wu
2023-08-03  2:20                   ` Jiawen Wu
2023-08-03 11:10                     ` Russell King (Oracle)
2023-08-04  5:56                       ` Jiawen Wu
2023-07-25 17:37   ` Andrew Lunn
2023-07-26 12:14   ` Simon Horman
2023-07-24 10:23 ` [PATCH net-next 5/7] net: txgbe: support switching mode to 1000BASE-X and SGMII Jiawen Wu
2023-07-24 10:40   ` Russell King (Oracle)
2023-07-25  2:29     ` Jiawen Wu
2023-07-24 10:23 ` [PATCH net-next 6/7] net: txgbe: support copper NIC with external PHY Jiawen Wu
2023-07-24 10:43   ` Russell King (Oracle) [this message]
2023-07-25  2:41     ` Jiawen Wu
2023-07-25  8:02       ` Russell King (Oracle)
2023-07-25 10:04         ` Jiawen Wu
2023-07-25 10:38           ` Russell King (Oracle)
2023-07-26 12:15   ` Simon Horman
2023-07-24 10:23 ` [PATCH net-next 7/7] net: ngbe: move mdio access registers to libwx Jiawen Wu

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