Re: [PATCH net-next 08/12] net: pse-pd: pd692x0: Add support for PSE PI priority feature

[Andrew Lunn]

On Tue, Oct 08, 2024 at 03:57:22PM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 01:41:02AM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > +	msg = pd692x0_msg_template_list[PD692X0_MSG_SET_PORT_PARAM];
> > > +	msg.sub[2] = id;
> > > +	/* Controller priority from 1 to 3 */
> > > +	msg.data[4] = prio + 1;
> > 
> > Does 0 have a meaning? It just seems an odd design if it does not.
> 
> 0 is not documented. But there are sub-priority which are not directly
> configured by user, but affect the system behavior.
> 
> Priority#: Critical – 1; high – 2; low – 3
>  For ports with the same priority, the PoE Controller sets the
>  sub-priority according to the logic port number. (Lower number gets
>  higher priority).

With less priorities than ports, there is always going to be something
like this.

> 
> Port priority affects:
> 1. Power-up order: After a reset, the ports are powered up according to
>  their priority, highest to lowest, highest priority will power up first.
> 2. Shutdown order: When exceeding the power budget, lowest priority
>  ports will turn off first.
> 
> Should we return sub priorities on the prio get request?

I should be optional, since we might not actually know what a
particular device is doing. It could pick at random, it could pick a
port which is consuming just enough to cover the shortfall if it was
turned off, it could pick the highest consumer of the lowest priority
etc. Some of these conditions are not going to be easy to describe
even if we do know it.

	Andrew