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

[Kubalewski, Arkadiusz]

>From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni at redhat.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 5:20 PM
>
>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
>

Thank you for the insights!
Arkadiusz