From: Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
To: Ivan Bornyakov <i.bornyakov@metrotek.ru>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
system@metrotek.ru, hkallweit1@gmail.com, davem@davemloft.net,
kuba@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: phy: marvell-88x2222: check that link is operational
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:23:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210413092348.GM1463@shell.armlinux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210413071930.52vfjkewkufl7hrb@dhcp-179.ddg>
On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 10:19:30AM +0300, Ivan Bornyakov wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 01:40:32AM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 03:16:59PM +0300, Ivan Bornyakov wrote:
> > > Some SFP modules uses RX_LOS for link indication. In such cases link
> > > will be always up, even without cable connected. RX_LOS changes will
> > > trigger link_up()/link_down() upstream operations. Thus, check that SFP
> > > link is operational before actual read link status.
> >
> > Sorry, but this is not making much sense to me.
> >
> > LOS just indicates some sort of light is coming into the device. You
> > have no idea what sort of light. The transceiver might be able to
> > decode that light and get sync, it might not. It is important that
> > mv2222_read_status() returns the line side status. Has it been able to
> > achieve sync? That should be independent of LOS. Or are you saying the
> > transceiver is reporting sync, despite no light coming in?
> >
> > Andrew
>
> Yes, with some SFP modules transceiver is reporting sync despite no
> light coming in. So, the idea is to check that link is somewhat
> operational before determing line-side status.
Indeed - it should be a logical and operation - there is light present
_and_ the PHY recognises the signal. This is what the commit achieves,
although (iirc) doesn't cater for the case where there is no SFP cage
attached.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-13 9:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-04-12 12:16 [PATCH net-next 0/2] net: phy: marvell-88x2222: a couple of improvements Ivan Bornyakov
2021-04-12 12:16 ` [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: phy: marvell-88x2222: check that link is operational Ivan Bornyakov
2021-04-12 23:32 ` Marek Behún
2021-04-13 7:13 ` Ivan Bornyakov
2021-04-13 13:07 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-04-12 23:40 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-04-13 7:19 ` Ivan Bornyakov
2021-04-13 9:23 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin [this message]
2021-04-13 10:06 ` Ivan Bornyakov
2021-04-13 13:12 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-04-13 13:16 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2021-04-12 12:17 ` [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: phy: marvell-88x2222: swap 1G/10G modes on autoneg Ivan Bornyakov
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