Re: [PATCH] arm64: dts: rockchip: qnap-ts433: Simplify network PHY connection

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Hi Uwe,

Am Montag, 4. März 2024, 10:15:57 CET schrieb Uwe Kleine-König:
> On 04.03.24 10:07, Heiko Stübner wrote:
> > Am Montag, 4. März 2024, 09:46:11 CET schrieb Uwe Kleine-König:
> >> While it requires to have the right phy driver loaded (i.e. motorcomm)
> >> to make the phy asserting the right delays, this is generally the
> >> preferred way to define the MAC <-> PHY connection.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Andrew already pointed out when I posted the patch introducing the gmac0 node
> >> that rgmii-id would be the preferred way to setup things. Back then this didn't
> >> happen because this change broke reception of network packets. However this
> >> only happend because I didn't have the right phy driver loaded.
> > 
> > trying to understand how the (not) loaded module fits into this :-)
> > The mdio-bus is supposed to probe the phy and load the appropriate module.
> > 
> >  From your description it sounds like the correct phy module needs to be
> > actually loaded? Or was that meant to be a "requires to have the right phy
> > driver compiled" instead?
> 
> The latter. i.e. with MOTORCOMM_PHY=n it's broken, but works fine with 
> MOTORCOMM_PHY=y or =m.

ah great, then it's really fine. If it's ok with you I'll change the "loaded"
to "available" then (for compiled in or as module)


Heiko







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