> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2019 11:29 AM > To: Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Madalin Bucur (OSS) <madalin.bucur@xxxxxxxxxxx>; antoine.tenart@free- > electrons.com; jaz@xxxxxxxxxxxx; baruch@xxxxxxxxxx; davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; > netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx; hkallweit1@xxxxxxxxx; > shawnguo@xxxxxxxxxx; devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] net: phy: add interface modes for XFI, SFI > > > How does this help us when we can't simply change the existing usage? > > We can update the DT but we can't free up the usage of "10gbase-kr". > > Agreed. Code needs to keep on interpreting "10gbase-kr" as any 10G > link. If we ever have a true 10gbase-kr, 802.3ap, one meter of copper > and two connectors, we are going to have to add a new mode to > represent true 10gbase-kr. > > Andrew Hi, actually we do have that. What would be the name of the new mode representing true 10GBase-KR that we will need to add when we upstream support for that? Thanks, Madalin
