Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] Add SQI and SQI+ support for OATC14 10Base-T1S PHYs and Microchip T1S driver

[Parthiban.Veerasooran]

Hi Andrew,

Thank you for reviewing the patches.

On 13/11/25 7:09 pm, Andrew Lunn wrote:
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> On Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at 05:22:04PM +0530, Parthiban Veerasooran wrote:
>> This patch series adds Signal Quality Indicator (SQI) and enhanced SQI+
>> support for OATC14 10Base-T1S PHYs, along with integration into the
>> Microchip T1S PHY driver. These changes enable higher-layer drivers and
>> diagnostic tools to assess link quality more accurately.
> 
> Higher-layer drivers? I don't know of any examples at the moment.  Are
> you thinking of a new bond mode, where it will do active-backup based
> on the best SQI values?
I think I misstated it here. I meant that the higher-layer drivers are 
the OATC14 10Base-T1S PHY drivers, which can use the generic APIs 
implemented in PHYLIB to obtain SQI value. Currently, this patch series 
is intended only for ethtool.

I should have described the patch series more specifically as follows:

This patch series adds Signal Quality Indicator (SQI) and enhanced SQI+ 
support for OATC14 10Base-T1S PHYs, along with integration into the 
Microchip T1S PHY driver. This enables ethtool to report the SQI value 
for OATC14 10Base-T1S PHYs.

If this explanation clarifies things, I will update it in the next version.

Best regards,
Parthiban V
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>          Andrew