On Mon, 1 Aug 2022 09:37:09 +0200 Maxime Chevallier wrote: > This is the V4 of a previous series [1] initially aimed at introducing > inband extensions, with modes like QUSGMII. This mode allows passing > info in the ethernet preamble between the MAC and the PHY, such s > timestamps. > > This series has now become a preliminary series, that simply introduces > the new interface mode, without support for inband extensions, that will > come later. > > The reasonning is that work will need to be done in the networking > subsystem, but also in the generic phy driver subsystem to allow serdes > configuration for qusgmii. > > This series add the mode, the relevant binding changes, adds support for > it in the lan966x driver, and also introduces a small helper to get the > number of links a given phy mode can carry (think 1 for SGMII and 4 for > QSGMII). This allows for better readability and will prove useful > when (if) we support PSGMII (5 links on 1 interface) and OUSGMII (8 > links on one interface). > > V4 contains no change but the collected Reviewed-by from Andrew. This series came in after the closing of net-next: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220731212214.1c733186@xxxxxxxxxx/ let's defer it until after the merge window.
