From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
Cc: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 2/5] net: phylink: add separate pcs operations structure
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 17:38:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200317163802.GZ24270@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1jEDaN-0008JH-MY@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk>
On Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 02:52:51PM +0000, Russell King wrote:
> *NOT FOR MERGING*
>
> Add a separate set of PCS operations, which MAC drivers can use to
> couple phylink with their associated MAC PCS layer. The PCS
> operations include:
>
> - pcs_get_state() - reads the link up/down, resolved speed, duplex
> and pause from the PCS.
> - pcs_config() - configures the PCS for the specified mode, PHY
> interface type, and setting the advertisement.
> - pcs_an_restart() - restarts 802.3 in-band negotiation with the
> link partner
> - pcs_link_up() - informs the PCS that link has come up, and the
> parameters of the link. Link parameters are used to program the
> PCS for fixed speed and non-inband modes.
Hi Russell
This API makes sense. But it seems quite common to have multiple
PCS's. Rather than have MAC drivers implement their own mux, i wonder
if there should be core support? Or at least a library to help the
implementation?
Andrew
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-17 16:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-17 14:49 [RFC net-next 0/2] split phylink PCS operations and add PCS support for dpaa2 Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-03-17 14:52 ` [RFC net-next 1/5] net: phylink: rename 'ops' to 'mac_ops' Russell King
2020-03-17 16:20 ` Andrew Lunn
2020-03-17 14:52 ` [RFC net-next 2/5] net: phylink: add separate pcs operations structure Russell King
2020-03-17 15:48 ` Jose Abreu
2020-03-17 15:56 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-03-17 16:04 ` Jose Abreu
2020-03-17 16:52 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-03-18 7:45 ` Jose Abreu
2020-03-19 11:14 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-03-20 9:55 ` Jose Abreu
2020-03-17 16:38 ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2020-03-17 16:54 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-03-19 12:14 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-03-19 15:06 ` Andrew Lunn
2020-03-19 17:20 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-03-19 20:59 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-03-24 19:46 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-03-17 14:52 ` [RFC net-next 3/5] arm64: dts: lx2160a: add PCS MDIO nodes Russell King
2020-03-26 21:14 ` Ioana Ciornei
2020-03-26 21:21 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-03-26 21:26 ` Ioana Ciornei
2020-03-17 14:53 ` [RFC net-next 4/5] dpaa2-mac: add 1000BASE-X/SGMII PCS support Russell King
2020-03-26 22:09 ` Ioana Ciornei
2020-03-17 14:53 ` [RFC net-next 5/5] dpaa2-mac: add 10GBASE-R " Russell King
2020-03-26 14:57 ` [RFC net-next 0/2] split phylink PCS operations and add PCS support for dpaa2 Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-03-26 15:04 ` Andrew Lunn
2020-03-26 15:14 ` [PATCH " Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-03-30 4:57 ` David Miller
2020-03-30 8:44 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
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