[RFC net-next PATCH 00/13] Add PCS core support

[Sean Anderson]

On 4/7/25 13:25, Daniel Golle wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 07:21:38PM +0200, Christian Marangi (Ansuel) wrote:
>> Il giorno lun 7 apr 2025 alle ore 19:00 Sean Anderson
>> > I agree that a "cells" approach would require this, but
>> >
>> > - There are no in-tree examples of where this is necessary
>> > - I think this would be easy to add when necessary
>> >
>> 
>> There are no in-tree cause only now we are starting to support
>> complex configuration with multiple PCS placed outside the MAC.
>> 
>> I feel it's better to define a standard API for them now before
>> we permit even more MAC driver to implement custom property
>> and have to address tons of workaround for compatibility.
> 
> Qualcomm's PCS driver will require offering multiple phylink_pcs by a
> single device/of_node. So while it's true that there is currently no
> in-tree user for that, that very user is already knocking on our doors.
> 
> See
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/list/?series=931658&state=*

OK, but you have separate nodes for each PCS? So maybe the best thing is to
allow customizing the fwnode? E.g. something like

pcs_register_fwnode(struct device *dev, struct phylink_pcs *pcs, struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)

--Sean