Re: [RFT PATCH 1/2] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Add EEE support

[Guenter Roeck]

On 02/23/2015 02:19 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 08:26:09 -0800
>
> > +	/* Don't call phy_init_eee for now. It fails if the link is down,
> > +	 * but that should not really be a reason to fail configuration.
> > +	 */
>
> I think there is some confusion about phy_init_eee().
>
> You invoke it after a link has been established.  Because programming
> the MDIO registers that turn on EEE can only be done if the link
> is configured in a certain way.
>
> If you look at stmmac, it invokes phy_init_eee() via it's adjust_link
> callback passed to phy_connect().  This is basically how I would
> expect it to be used, in that any time a link parameter changes we
> rerun phy_init_eee() to check the link partner registers, duplex
> state, etc.
>
> SXGBE on the other hand seems to not be using phy_init_eee() properly,
> it only invokes it once per device open and that makes no sense at all
> because then you're stuck with the eee state resulting from the link
> state at open time.
That explains a lot. I suspect the use in bcm_sf2 and bcmgenet is also
not as intended.

Thanks,
Guenter

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