Re: [RESEND PATCH net-next v4 0/3] Enable 2.5Gbps speed for stmmac

[Russell King (Oracle)]

Hi,

On Thu, Jun 03, 2021 at 07:50:29PM +0800, Michael Sit Wei Hong wrote:
> Intel mGbE supports 2.5Gbps link speed by overclocking the clock rate
> by 2.5 times to support 2.5Gbps link speed. In this mode, the serdes/PHY
> operates at a serial baud rate of 3.125 Gbps and the PCS data path and
> GMII interface of the MAC operate at 312.5 MHz instead of 125 MHz.
> This is configured in the BIOS during boot up. The kernel driver is not able
> access to modify the clock rate for 1Gbps/2.5G mode on the fly. The way to
> determine the current 1G/2.5G mode is by reading a dedicated adhoc
> register through mdio bus.

How does this interact with Vladimir's "Convert xpcs to phylink_pcs_ops"
series? Is there an inter-dependency between these, or a preferred order
that they should be applied?

Thanks.

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