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SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next v2 05/14] net: mvpp2: do not force the link mode
On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 09:51:52AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 10:38:37AM +0200, Marcin Wojtas wrote:
> >
> > Can you be 100% sure that when using SGMII with PHY's (like Marvell
> > Alaska 88E1xxx series), is in-band link information always available?
> > I'd be very cautious with such assumption and use in-band management
> > only when set in the DT, like mvneta. I think phylib can properly can
> > do its work when MDIO connection is provided on the board.
>
> There is another issue to be aware of: if you're wanting to use flow
> control autonegotiation, that is not carried across SGMII's in-band
> signalling. If you want to use SGMII's in-band signalling for the
> duplex and speed information, you still need phylib's notification
> to properly set the flow control.
>
> <plug>
> Switching mvpp2 to use phylink (which is needed for the 1G SFP slot on
> mcbin) will handle all this for you - dealing with both in-band and
> out-of-band negotiation methods, and combining them in the appropriate
> manner for the selected operation mode.
> </plug>

So probably the best move here is to remove this patch, and wait for the
phylink support in the PPv2 driver.

Thanks!
Antoine

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Antoine Ténart, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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