[PATCH net-next 08/30] net: dsa: mt7530: change p{5,6}_interface to p{5,6}_configured

[Arınç ÜNAL]

On 3.06.2023 15:26, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 03, 2023 at 03:15:52PM +0300, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
>> On 26.05.2023 16:01, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
>>> Ok, but given the premise of this patch set, that phylink is always available,
>>> does it make sense for mt7531_cpu_port_config() and mt7988_cpu_port_config()
>>> to manually call phylink methods?
>>
>> All I know is that that's how the implementation of phylink's PCS support in
>> this driver works. It expects the MAC to be set up before calling
>> mt753x_phylink_pcs_link_up() and mt753x_phylink_mac_link_up().
> 
> First, do you see a message printed for the DSA device indicating that
> a link is up, without identifying the interface? For example, with
> mv88e6xxx:
> 
> mv88e6085 f1072004.mdio-mii:04: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control off
> 
> as opposed to a user port which will look like this:
> 
> mv88e6085 f1072004.mdio-mii:04 lan1: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
> 
> If you do, that's likely for the CPU port, and indicates that phylink
> is being used for the CPU port. If not, then you need to investigate
> whether you've provided the full description in DT for the CPU port.
> In other words, phy-mode and a fixed-link specification or in-band
> mode.

Yes I do see this. The DT is properly defined and the port is properly 
set up as a CPU port.

> 
> Given that, you should have no need to make explicit calls to your
> mac_config, pcs_link_up and mac_link_up functions. If you need to
> make these calls, it suggests that phylink is not being used for the
> CPU port.

Your own commit does this so I don't know what to tell you.

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cbd1f243bc41056c76fcfc5f3380cfac1f00d37b

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