Re: [PATCH net-next] net: txgbe: use phylink_pcs_change() to report PCS link change events

["Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>]

On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at 03:50:24PM +0800, Jiawen Wu wrote:
> On Sat, April 27, 2024 12:18 AM, Russell King <rmk@armlinux.org.uk> wrote:
> > Use phylink_pcs_change() when reporting changes in PCS link state to
> > phylink as the interrupts are informing us about changes to the PCS
> > state.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/txgbe/txgbe_phy.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/txgbe/txgbe_phy.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/txgbe/txgbe_phy.c
> > index 93295916b1d2..5f502265f0a6 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/txgbe/txgbe_phy.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/txgbe/txgbe_phy.c
> > @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ irqreturn_t txgbe_link_irq_handler(int irq, void *data)
> >  	status = rd32(wx, TXGBE_CFG_PORT_ST);
> >  	up = !!(status & TXGBE_CFG_PORT_ST_LINK_UP);
> > 
> > -	phylink_mac_change(wx->phylink, up);
> > +	phylink_pcs_change(&txgbe->xpcs->pcs, up);
> > 
> >  	return IRQ_HANDLED;
> >  }
> 
> Does this only affect the log of phylink_dbg()?

It means that phylink won't react unless the PCS is being used. The link
status should be coming from the PCS block since MII itself doesn't have
the notion of link status.

I'm trying to get rid of phylink_mac_change(), which was fine back in
the days when it was invented (when phylink didn't distinguish between
the MAC and PCS) but it now does.

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