Re: [PATCH RFC 2/4] net: phy: allow to bind genphy driver at probe time

[Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>]

On 8/13/19 4:02 PM, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> On 14.08.2019 00:53, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> On 8/13/19 2:25 PM, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>>> In cases like a fixed phy that is never attached to a net_device we
>>> may want to bind the genphy driver at probe time. Setting a PHY ID of
>>> 0xffffffff to bind the genphy driver would fail due to a check in
>>> get_phy_device(). Therefore let's change the PHY ID the genphy driver
>>> binds to to 0xfffffffe. This still shouldn't match any real PHY,
>>> and it will pass the check in get_phy_devcie().
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 3 +--
>>>  include/linux/phy.h          | 4 ++++
>>>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
>>> index 163295dbc..54f80af31 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
>>> @@ -2388,8 +2388,7 @@ void phy_drivers_unregister(struct phy_driver *drv, int n)
>>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_drivers_unregister);
>>>  
>>>  static struct phy_driver genphy_driver = {
>>> -	.phy_id		= 0xffffffff,
>>> -	.phy_id_mask	= 0xffffffff,
>>> +	PHY_ID_MATCH_EXACT(GENPHY_ID),
>>>  	.name		= "Generic PHY",
>>>  	.soft_reset	= genphy_no_soft_reset,
>>>  	.get_features	= genphy_read_abilities,
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
>>> index 5ac7d2137..3b07bce78 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/phy.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/phy.h
>>> @@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
>>>  #define PHY_1000BT_FEATURES	(SUPPORTED_1000baseT_Half | \
>>>  				 SUPPORTED_1000baseT_Full)
>>>  
>>> +#define GENPHY_ID_HIGH		0xffffU
>>> +#define GENPHY_ID_LOW		0xfffeU
>>> +#define GENPHY_ID		((GENPHY_ID_HIGH << 16) | GENPHY_ID_LOW)
>>
>> This is a possible user ABI change here, if there is anything that
>> relies on reading 0xffff_ffff as a valid PHY OUI, you would be breaking
>> it. We might as well try to assign ourselves a specific PHY OUI, very
>> much like the Linux USB hubs show up with a Linux Foundation vendor ID.
>>
> 
> I see the point. However in get_phy_device() we have the following check
> that should cause a PHY with ID 0xffff_ffff to be ignored. Therefore
> I doubt there's any such PHY ID in use.
> 
> 	/* If the phy_id is mostly Fs, there is no device there */
> 	if ((phy_id & 0x1fffffff) == 0x1fffffff)
> 		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);

Indeed, it looks like the phy_id reported through sysfs for fixed PHY is
actually 0, so your change should be fine then, thanks!
-- 
Florian