RE: [RFC PATCH v2 1/4] Documentation: DT: net: Add Xilinx gmiitorgmii converter device tree binding documentation

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Hi Florian,

> 
> On 27/07/2016 01:05, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > Hi Appana
> >
> > Here is roughly what i was thinking:
> >
> > struct priv {
> >        phy_device *master;
> >        phy_device *slave;
> >        struct phy_driver *slave_drv;
> > };
> >
> > phy_status_clone(phy_device *master, phy_device *slave) {
> > 	master->speed = slave->speed;
> > 	master->duplex = slave->duplex;
> > 	master->pause = slave->pause;
> > }
> >
> > read_status(struct phy_device *phydev) {
> > 	struct priv *priv = phydev->priv;
> >
> > 	/* Get the status from the slave, and duplicate in into the
> > 	 * master */
> > 	 slave_drv->read_status(priv->slave);
> > 	 phy_status_clone(priv->master, priv->slave);
> >
> > 	 /* Update the gmiitorgmii with the current link parameters */
> > 	 update_link(master);
> > }
> >
> > config_init(struct phy_device *phydev) {
> > 	struct priv *priv = phydev->priv;
> >
> > 	/* Configure the slave, and duplicate in into the master */
> > 	slave_drv->config_init(priv->slave);
> > 	phy_status_clone(priv->master, priv->slave); }
> >
> > struct phy_driver master_drv = {
> >        .read_status = read_status,
> >        .config_init = config_init,
> >        .soft_reset  = ...
> >        .suspend = ...
> > };
> >
> > probe(mdio_device *mdio)
> > {
> > 	struct priv *priv = devm_alloc();
> >
> > 	/* Use the phy-handle property to find the slave phy */
> > 	node_phy = of_parse_phandle(mdio->of_node, "phy", 0);
> > 	priv->slave = of_phy_find_device(node_phy);
> >
> > 	/* Create the master phy on the control address. Use the phy
> > 	   ID from the slave. */
> > 	priv->master = phy_device_create(mdio->bus, mdio->addr,
> > 	  				 phy->slave->phy_id,
> > 					 phy->slave->is_c45,
> > 					 phy->slave->c45_ids);
> >
> > 	slave_dev_drv = phydev->mdio.dev.driver;
> > 	priv->slave_drv = to_phy_driver(slave_dev_drv);
> > 	priv->master->mdio.dev.driver = master_drv;
> 
> The key here is really that except for the phy_driver::read_status callback, we
> want to defer every operation to the slave (full MDIO register range compatible)
> PHY.

Will fix it in the next version...

> 
> > }
> >
> > It would however be nice to only have one phydev structure, so you are
> > not copying status and settings backwards and forwards from one to the
> > other all the time, and need a wrapper for every function in
> > phy_driver. Studying the structures a bit, that might be possible. You
> > would then only need to wrap the read_status(), so that when the link
> > speed/duplex changes, you can configure the converter as appropriate.
> 
> Agreed.

Will implement as suggested by Andrew...

Regards,
Kedar.

> --
> Florian
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