Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mvpp2: phylink support

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Subject	Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mvpp2: phylink support
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On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 01:53:03PM +0200, Antoine Tenart wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 11:45:32AM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > Can you describe what the GoP link IRQ is doing please?
> 
> In cases where there is no PHY connected to the MAC and no SFP cage is
> used. One example is when a SOHO switch is connected directly to a
> serdes lane. In such cases we still need to have a minimal link
> management. The GoP link interrupt helps doing so as it raises when the
> serdes is in sync and AN succeeded.

Isn't this just like a fixed link scenario, or an in-band
autonegotiation scenario (both of which phylink supports natively)?

The situation on Clearfog with the 88E6176 switch is pretty similar -
a switch connected directly via serdes to the MAC.  Currently, we
configure stuff there as a fixed link, but in actual fact the 88E6176
is configured to run the CPU facing port in 1000base-X mode, and with
appropriate tweaks, switching phylink to 1000base-X mode also works.

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[PATCH net-next] net: mvpp2: phylink support Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@free-electrons.com> - 2017-09-21 15:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mvpp2: phylink support Marcin Wojtas <mw@semihalf.com> - 2017-09-22 10:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mvpp2: phylink support Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2017-09-22 13:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mvpp2: phylink support Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@free-electrons.com> - 2017-09-25 12:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mvpp2: phylink support Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2017-09-25 12:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mvpp2: phylink support Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@free-electrons.com> - 2017-09-25 14:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mvpp2: phylink support Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@armlinux.org.uk> - 2017-09-25 14:20 +0200
            Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mvpp2: phylink support Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@free-electrons.com> - 2017-09-25 15:10 +0200

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