[PATCH CFT net-next 1/2] net: axienet: convert to phylink_pcs

Harini Katakam harinik at xilinx.com
Tue Jan 4 01:12:06 PST 2022



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russell King <linux at armlinux.org.uk>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 4, 2022 2:31 PM
> To: Harini Katakam <harinik at xilinx.com>
> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba at kernel.org>; Michal Simek <michals at xilinx.com>;
> Radhey Shyam Pandey <radheys at xilinx.com>; Sean Anderson
> <sean.anderson at seco.com>; David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>;
> netdev <netdev at vger.kernel.org>; linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH CFT net-next 1/2] net: axienet: convert to phylink_pcs
> 
> On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 01:26:28PM +0530, Harini Katakam wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 1:55 PM Harini Katakam <harinik at xilinx.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Russell,
> > >
> > > On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 5:26 AM Russell King (Oracle)
> > > <linux at armlinux.org.uk> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 07:15:13AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, 16 Dec 2021 12:48:45 +0000 Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> > > > > > Convert axienet to use the phylink_pcs layer, resulting in it
> > > > > > no longer being a legacy driver.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > One oddity in this driver is that lp->switch_x_sgmii controls
> > > > > > whether we support switching between SGMII and 1000baseX.
> > > > > > However, when clear, this also blocks updating the 1000baseX
> > > > > > advertisement, which it probably should not be doing.
> > > > > > Nevertheless, this behaviour is preserved but a comment is added.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle)
> > > > > > <rmk+kernel at armlinux.org.uk>
> > > > >
> > > > > drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet.h:479: warning: Function
> parameter or member 'pcs' not described in 'axienet_local'
> > > >
> > > > Fixed that and the sha1 issue you raised in patch 2. Since both
> > > > are "documentation" issues, I won't send out replacement patches
> > > > until I've heard they've been tested on hardware though.
> > >
> > > Thanks for the patches.
> > > Series looks good and we're testing at our end; will get back to you
> > > early next week.
> >
> > Thanks Russell. I've tested AXI Ethernet and it works fine.
> 
> Happy new year!
> 
> Thanks - can I use that as a tested-by please, and would you be happy for me
> to send the patches for merging this week?

Sure, yes and yes.
Tested-by: Harini Katakam <harini.katakam at xilinx.com>

Happy new year to you too!

Regards,
Harini



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