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From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Cc: Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu@trustnetic.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
	kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, horms@kernel.org,
	mengyuanlou@net-swift.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/5] net: wangxun: add flow control support
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 17:26:37 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZV45zcqA88rcNy7G@shell.armlinux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7b82a7a0-3882-4c6c-903e-1b43d8a7fc34@lunn.ch>

On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 06:24:22PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > However, if autoneg is supported, but pause autoneg is disabled, there
> > is still the need to update the PHY's advertisement so the remote end
> > knows what's going on, as documented in the user API:
> > 
> > " * If the link is autonegotiated, drivers should use
> >   * mii_advertise_flowctrl() or similar code to set the advertised
> >   * pause frame capabilities based on the @rx_pause and @tx_pause flags,
> >   * even if @autoneg is zero. ... "
> > 
> > You are correct that when !pause->autoneg, tx_pause/rx_pause are to be
> > used in place of the negotiated versions.
> > 
> > Also... when getting the pause parameters, tx_pause/rx_pause _should_
> > reflect what was set for these parameters via the set function, *not*
> > the current state affected by negotiation.
> 
> All good reasons to just use phylink which handles all this for you.

Indeed... consistent implementation and therefore behaviour (assuming
users of phylink are implemented correctly!) :)

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  reply	other threads:[~2023-11-22 17:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-11-22 10:22 [PATCH net-next 0/5] Implement more ethtool_ops for Wangxun Jiawen Wu
2023-11-22 10:22 ` [PATCH net-next 1/5] net: wangxun: add flow control support Jiawen Wu
2023-11-22 16:15   ` Andrew Lunn
2023-11-22 16:30     ` Russell King (Oracle)
2023-11-22 17:24       ` Andrew Lunn
2023-11-22 17:26         ` Russell King (Oracle) [this message]
2023-11-23  9:20     ` Jiawen Wu
2023-11-22 10:22 ` [PATCH net-next 2/5] net: wangxun: add ethtool_ops for ring parameters Jiawen Wu
2023-11-22 16:24   ` Andrew Lunn
2023-11-23  9:25     ` Jiawen Wu
2023-11-23 15:14       ` Andrew Lunn
2023-11-30  3:32     ` Jiawen Wu
2023-11-22 10:22 ` [PATCH net-next 3/5] net: wangxun: add coalesce options support Jiawen Wu
2023-11-22 10:22 ` [PATCH net-next 4/5] net: wangxun: add ethtool_ops for channel number Jiawen Wu
2023-11-22 16:35   ` Andrew Lunn
2023-11-22 10:22 ` [PATCH net-next 5/5] net: wangxun: add ethtool_ops for msglevel Jiawen Wu
2023-11-22 16:36   ` Andrew Lunn

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