[PATCH RFC net-next 2/8] net: phylink: add legacy_pre_march2020 indicator

Russell King (Oracle) rmk+kernel at armlinux.org.uk
Tue Nov 23 02:00:19 PST 2021


Add a boolean to phylink_config to indicate whether a driver has not
been updated for the changes in commit 7cceb599d15d ("net: phylink:
avoid mac_config calls"), and thus are reliant on the old behaviour.

We were keying this behaviour on the presence of a PCS, but this
becomes an unreliable indicator when making PCS optional. Hence, we
use a flag instead.

Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel at armlinux.org.uk>
---
 include/linux/phylink.h | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/phylink.h b/include/linux/phylink.h
index 01224235df0f..d005b8e36048 100644
--- a/include/linux/phylink.h
+++ b/include/linux/phylink.h
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ enum phylink_op_type {
  * struct phylink_config - PHYLINK configuration structure
  * @dev: a pointer to a struct device associated with the MAC
  * @type: operation type of PHYLINK instance
+ * @legacy_pre_march2020: driver has not been updated for March 2020 updates
+ *	(See commit 7cceb599d15d ("net: phylink: avoid mac_config calls")
  * @pcs_poll: MAC PCS cannot provide link change interrupt
  * @poll_fixed_state: if true, starts link_poll,
  *		      if MAC link is at %MLO_AN_FIXED mode.
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@ enum phylink_op_type {
 struct phylink_config {
 	struct device *dev;
 	enum phylink_op_type type;
+	bool legacy_pre_march2020;
 	bool pcs_poll;
 	bool poll_fixed_state;
 	bool ovr_an_inband;
-- 
2.30.2




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