[PATCH net v2 2/2] net: stmmac: move fixed-link support fixup code
Andrew Lunn
andrew at lunn.ch
Fri Mar 17 13:02:42 PDT 2023
On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 03:02:08PM +0800, Michael Sit Wei Hong wrote:
> xpcs_an_inband value is updated in the speed_mode_2500 function
> which turns on the xpcs_an_inband mode.
>
> Moving the fixed-link fixup code to right before phylink setup to
> ensure no more fixup will affect the fixed-link mode configurations.
Please could you explain why this is correct, when you could simple
not set priv->plat->mdio_bus_data->xpcs_an_inband = true;
in intel_speed_mode_2500()?
This all seems like hacks, rather than a clean design.
Andrew
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