[PATCH 09/11] ice: implement dpll interface to control cgu

[Paolo Abeni]

On Tue, 2023-07-25 at 15:49 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Jul 2023 14:02:08 +0200 Jiri Pirko wrote:
> > So it is not a mode! Mode is either "automatic" or "manual". Then we
> > have a state to indicate the state of the state machine (unlocked, locked,
> > holdover, holdover-acq). So what you seek is a way for the user to
> > expliticly set the state to "unlocked" and reset of the state machine.
> 
> +1 for mixing the state machine and config.
> Maybe a compromise would be to rename the config mode?
> Detached? Standalone?

For the records, I don't know the H/W details to any extents, but
generally speaking it sounds reasonable to me that a mode change could
cause a state change.

e.g. switching an ethernet device autoneg mode could cause the link
state to flip.

So I'm ok with the existence of the freerun mode.

I think it should be clarified what happens if pins are manually
enabled in such mode. I expect ~nothing will change, but stating it
clearly would help.

Cheers,

Paolo