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SubjectRe: [PATCH net-next v1 3/3] net: fec: add basic selftest support
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On 4/1/21 12:47 AM, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 02:27:19PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 03:54:07PM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
>>> Port some parts of the stmmac selftest to the FEC. This patch was tested
>>> on iMX6DL.
>>> With this tests it is possible to detect some basic issues like:
>>> - MAC loopback fail: most probably wrong clock configuration.
>>> - PHY loopback fail: incorrect RGMII timings, damaged traces, etc
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Oleksij
>>
>> I've not done a side-by-side diff with stmmac, but i guess a lot of
>> this code is identical?
>
> ack
>
>> Rather than make a copy/paste, could you move
>> it somewhere under net and turn it into a library any driver can use?
>
> yes, I assume, it is possible to make this code complete generic for all
> devices, but we will need to provide some more call backs. For example
> enable MAC loop back, enable DSA loopbacks and so on.
>
> Do you have ideas for the new location of generic selftest code and
> where can be added loopback options for different levels?

You could place the generic selftest code under net/core/ or net/ethernet.
--
Florian

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