Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 2 Jan 2024 11:36:47 +0000 | From | "Russell King (Oracle)" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] net: phy: marvell-88q2xxx: add driver for the Marvell 88Q2220 PHY |
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On Thu, Dec 21, 2023 at 03:25:56PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote: > > Without setting the master-slave option it didn't work. I think its > > mandatory. > > I don't think it is. The PHY should have a default setting for > master-slave. Often its based on the typical use case. If its > typically inside a switch, then it should default to prefer-master. If > its typically in an end system, then it should be prefer-slave.
However, master/slave needs autoneg, and if autoneg is disabled, then that may not be resolvable, and it may need manual configuration.
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