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SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next v4 3/6] net: lan966x: add port module support
On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 10:05:37AM +0100, Horatiu Vultur wrote:
> This patch adds support for netdev and phylink in the switch. The
> injection + extraction is register based. This will be replaced with DMA
> accees.
>
> Signed-off-by: Horatiu Vultur <horatiu.vultur@microchip.com>

This looks mostly good now, thanks. There's one remaining issue:

> +int lan966x_port_pcs_set(struct lan966x_port *port,
> + struct lan966x_port_config *config)
> +{
> + struct lan966x *lan966x = port->lan966x;
> + bool inband_aneg = false;
> + bool outband;
> + int err;
> +
> + lan966x_port_link_down(port);

This looks like something the MAC layer should be doing. Phylink won't
change the interface mode by just calling the PCS - it will do this
sequence, known as a major reconfiguration:

mac_link_down() (if the link was previously up)
mac_prepare()
mac_config()
if (pcs_config() > 0)
pcs_an_restart()
mac_finish()

pcs_config() will also be called thusly:

if (pcs_config() > 0)
pcs_an_restart()

to change the ethtool advertising mask which changes the inband advert
or the Autoneg bit, which has an effect only on your DEV_PCS1G_ANEG_CFG()
register, and this may be called with the link up or down.

Also, pcs_config() is supposed to return 0 if the inband advert has not
changed, or positive if it has (so pcs_an_restart() is called to cause
in-band negotiation to be restarted.)

Note also that pcs_an_restart() may also be called when ethtool
requests negotiation restart when we're operating in 802.3z modes.

So, my question is - do you need to be so heavy weight with the call to
lan966x_port_link_down() to take everything down when pcs_config() is
called, and is it really in the right place through the sequence for
a major reconfiguration?

Thanks.

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