Re: [PATCH net-next v9 03/12] net: phylink: add phylink_release_pcs() to externally release a PCS

[Maxime Chevallier]

Hi,

On 7/17/26 08:54, Christian Marangi wrote:
> Add phylink_release_pcs() to externally release a PCS from a phylink
> instance. This can be used to handle case when a single PCS needs to be
> removed and the phylink instance needs to be refreshed.
> 
> On calling phylink_release_pcs(), the PCS will be removed from the
> phylink internal PCS list and the phylink supported_interfaces value is
> reparsed with the remaining PCS interfaces.
> 
> Also a phylink resolve is triggered to handle the PCS removal.
> 
> The flag force_major_config is set to make phylink resolve reconfigure
> the interface (even if it didn't change).
> This is needed to handle the special case when the current PCS used
> by phylink is removed and a major_config is needed to propagae the
> configuration change. With this option enabled we also force mac_config
> even if the PHY link is not up for the in-band case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Maxime