Re: Question: net: phy: realtek: RTL8211FS SGMII bridge mode support

[Jacky Huang]

Hi Maxime,

Thanks for the feedback! I had not considered the SFP or additional PHY case
before.

The hardware we plan to support has the SGMII side permanently connected to
an Ethernet switch.

    MAC - RGMII - RTL8211FS - SGMII - Ethernet switch

The switch is initialized from a configuration EEPROM. There is no SFP or
separate PHY on the SGMII link.

I will take another look at how the SGMII-side status and in-band aneg should
be handled.

In addition, after reviewing the board-level strap design, I found that the
intended mode may not always be selected reliably, so I still need to consider
a strap-override flow.

Thanks again,
Jacky