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SubjectRe: [PATCH net v2 1/2] net: stmmac: fix PHY handle parsing
On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 08:34:49AM +0000, Sit, Michael Wei Hong wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
> > Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2023 4:58 AM
> > To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
> > Cc: Sit, Michael Wei Hong <michael.wei.hong.sit@intel.com>;
> > Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@st.com>; Alexandre
> > Torgue <alexandre.torgue@foss.st.com>; Jose Abreu
> > <joabreu@synopsys.com>; David S . Miller
> > <davem@davemloft.net>; Eric Dumazet
> > <edumazet@google.com>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>;
> > Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>; Maxime Coquelin
> > <mcoquelin.stm32@gmail.com>; Ong, Boon Leong
> > <boon.leong.ong@intel.com>; netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux-
> > stm32@st-md-mailman.stormreply.com; linux-arm-
> > kernel@lists.infradead.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Looi,
> > Hong Aun <hong.aun.looi@intel.com>; Voon, Weifeng
> > <weifeng.voon@intel.com>; Lai, Peter Jun Ann
> > <peter.jun.ann.lai@intel.com>
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 1/2] net: stmmac: fix PHY handle
> > parsing
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 08:56:19PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 03:02:07PM +0800, Michael Sit Wei
> > Hong wrote:
> > > > phylink_fwnode_phy_connect returns 0 when set to
> > MLO_AN_INBAND.
> > > > This causes the PHY handle parsing to skip and the PHY will not
> > be
> > > > attached to the MAC.
> > >
> > > Please could you expand the commit message because i'm
> > having trouble
> > > following this.
> > >
> > > phylink_fwnode_phy_connect() says:
> > >
> > > /* Fixed links and 802.3z are handled without needing a
> > PHY */
> > > if (pl->cfg_link_an_mode == MLO_AN_FIXED ||
> > > (pl->cfg_link_an_mode == MLO_AN_INBAND &&
> > > phy_interface_mode_is_8023z(pl->link_interface)))
> > > return 0;
> > >
> > > So your first statement is not true. It should be
> > MLO_AN_INBAND and
> > > phy_interface_mode_is_8023z.
> > >
> > > > Add additional check for PHY handle parsing when set to
> > MLO_AN_INBAND.
> > >
> > > Looking at the patch, there is no reference to
> > MLO_AN_INBAND, or
> > > managed = "in-band-status";
> >
> > That's the pesky "xpcs_an_inband" which ends up as phylink's
> > "ovr_an_inband"... I'm sure these are random renames of stuff
> > to make sure that people struggle to follow the code.
> >
> It is as mentioned above, the "xpcs_an_inband" will end up as
> "ovr_an_inband" which will then
> set pl->cfg_link_an_mode = MLO_AN_INBAND in the
> phylink_parse_mode() in phylink.c

Let me make my comment more clear, because I don't think you understood
it correctly.

Please rename "xpcs_an_inband" to "ovr_an_inband" or
"phylink_ovr_an_inband" so it's obvious what it is and where it ends up.

Thanks.

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