Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Jun 2022 08:57:32 -0700 | From | Jakub Kicinski <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/1] net: phy: add remote fault support |
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On Thu, 16 Jun 2022 11:34:51 +0200 Oleksij Rempel wrote: > > It is also a bit unclear, but at the moment, i think user > > space. However, i can see the kernel making use of maybe RF TEST to > > ask the link peer to go quiet in order to perform a cable test. > > > > Oleksij, what are your use cases? > > Currently I was thinking only about diagnostic: > - request transmit pause for cable testing > - request remote loopback for selftest. In this case I will need to use > vendor specific NextPage to request something like this.
Both of those are performed by the kernel, so perhaps we should focus the interface on opting into the remote fault support but have the kernel trigger setting and clearing the bits?
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