Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: net: macb: Add new property for PS SGMII only

From: Harini Katakam
Date: Tue Aug 06 2019 - 01:47:33 EST


Hi Andrew,

On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 10:47 PM Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Even with the use of this interrupt, the link status actions (link print and
> > netif ops) will still be required. And also the need for macb_open to
> > proceed without phydev. Could you please let me know if that is acceptable
> > to patch or if there's a cleaner way to
> > report this link status?
>
> It sounds like you need to convert to phylink, so you get full sfp
> support. phylib does not handle hotplug of PHYs.
>
> Please look at the comments Russell gave the last time this was
> attempted.

Yes, I looked at the comments from Russell and wasn't sure if this
case qualified for phylink.

Regards,
Harini