Re: [PATCH] net: phy: genphy_loopback: fix loopback failed when speed is unknown

[Oleksij Rempel]

On Thu, Apr 07, 2022 at 04:45:03PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > Hi Andrew,
> > The PHY we test is RTL8211F, it supports 10 half. This problem actually is,
> > our board has MAC connected with PHY, when loopback test, packet flow is
> > MAC->PHY->MAC, it needs speed of MAC and PHY should be same when they work.
> > 
> > If PHY speed is unknown when PHY goes down, we will not set MAC speed in
> > adjust_link interface. In this case, we hope that PHY speed should not be
> > changed, as the old code of function genphy_loopback() before patch
> > "net: phy: genphy_loopback: add link speed configuration".
> > 
> > If PHY has never link, MAC speed has never be set in adjust_link interface,
> > yeah, in this case, MAC and PHY may has different speed, and they can not work.
> > I think we can accept this situation.
> > 
> > I think it is general problem if there is MAC connected with PHY.
> 
> Thanks for investigating. Looks like we are getting close the real
> solution. And it is a generic problem, that the MAC and PHY might not
> be using the same configuration.
> 
> So it looks like if the link is down, or speed is UNKNOWN, we need to
> set phydev->link true, speed 10, duplex half...

Hm, i was thinking, is it impossible to run loopback test on half duplex link.
Do I missing something?

Regards,
Oleksij
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