Re: [PATCH] net: phy: use generic clause 45 autonegotiation done

[Andrew Lunn]

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 01:56:35PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 12:47:18PM +0000, Camelia Alexandra Groza wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Andrew Lunn [mailto:andrew@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 17:39
> > > To: Camelia Alexandra Groza <camelia.groza@xxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx; davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> > > linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: use generic clause 45 autonegotiation done
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 04:12:15PM +0300, Camelia Groza wrote:
> > > > Only Clause 22 PHYs can use genphy_aneg_done(). Use
> > > > genphy_c45_aneg_done() for PHYs that implement Clause 45 without the
> > > > Clause 22 register set.
> > > >
> > > > This change follows the model of phy_restart_aneg() which
> > > > differentiates between the two implementations in a similar way.
> > > 
> > > Hi Camelia
> > > 
> > > What about phy_config_aneg()? I would assume any sort of auto-neg action
> > > needs to check for c45 without c22, before calling a genphy_ function. Do you
> > > think it is possible to write a genphy_c45_config_aneg()? If not, we might
> > > want to return -EOPNOTSUPP.
> > 
> > Hi Andrew,
> > 
> > Adding Russell to the thread as well, since he wrote the c45 helpers.
> > 
> > Sure, I'll send a v2 with an additional generic phy_config_aneg(). I'll
> > stick to returning -EOPNOTSUPP for c22-less PHYs for now.
> 
> Be aware that there are no generic registers for configuring (eg) 1G
> speeds in C45 phys - that is vendor specific.

So returning -EOPNOTSUPP sounds like the right thing to do, making it
clear the PHY driver needs to implement it.

Thanks
      Andrew