On 10/07/15 09:43, Stas Sergeev wrote: > > Currently for fixed-link the MAC driver decides whether to use the > link status auto-negotiation or not. > Unfortunately the auto-negotiation may not work when expected by > the MAC driver. Sebastien Rannou explains: > << Yes, I confirm that my HW does not generate an in-band status. AFAIK, it's > a PHY that aggregates 4xSGMIIs to 1xQSGMII ; the MAC side of the PHY (with > inband status) is connected to the switch through QSGMII, and in this context > we are on the media side of the PHY. >> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/7/10/206 > > This patch introduces the new boolean property 'autoneg' that allows > the user to request the auto-negotiation explicitly. The implementation looks better, but the name might still be slightly controversial. I would go with "use-in-band-status" which is more strictly defined than "autoneg" which could mean anything and everything. What do you think? > > Signed-off-by: Stas Sergeev <stsp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > CC: Rob Herring <robh+dt@xxxxxxxxxx> > CC: Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@xxxxxxx> > CC: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> > CC: Ian Campbell <ijc+devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > CC: Kumar Gala <galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > CC: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx> > CC: Grant Likely <grant.likely@xxxxxxxxxx> > CC: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > CC: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > CC: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > --- > .../devicetree/bindings/net/fixed-link.txt | 6 +++++- > drivers/of/of_mdio.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++-- > include/linux/of_mdio.h | 5 +++++ > 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fixed-link.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fixed-link.txt > index 82bf7e0..e2959a8 100644 > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fixed-link.txt > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/fixed-link.txt > @@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ Such a fixed link situation is described by creating a 'fixed-link' > sub-node of the Ethernet MAC device node, with the following > properties: > > +* 'autoneg' (boolean, optional), to enable the auto-negotiation of link > + state. Auto-negotiation is MII protocol, HW and driver-specific and is > + not supported in many cases, so use it only when you know what you do. > * 'speed' (integer, mandatory), to indicate the link speed. Accepted > - values are 10, 100 and 1000 > + values are 10, 100 and 1000. If the auto-negotiation is enabled, > + 'speed' may not be set. It will then be auto-negotiated, if possible. > * 'full-duplex' (boolean, optional), to indicate that full duplex is > used. When absent, half duplex is assumed. > * 'pause' (boolean, optional), to indicate that pause should be > diff --git a/drivers/of/of_mdio.c b/drivers/of/of_mdio.c > index 1bd4305..12b2ede 100644 > --- a/drivers/of/of_mdio.c > +++ b/drivers/of/of_mdio.c > @@ -280,6 +280,22 @@ bool of_phy_is_fixed_link(struct device_node *np) > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_phy_is_fixed_link); > > +bool of_phy_is_autoneg_link(struct device_node *np) > +{ > + struct device_node *dn; > + bool ret; > + > + dn = of_get_child_by_name(np, "fixed-link"); > + if (!dn) > + return false; > + > + ret = of_property_read_bool(dn, "autoneg"); > + > + of_node_put(dn); > + return ret; > +} > +EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_phy_is_autoneg_link); > + > int of_phy_register_fixed_link(struct device_node *np) > { > struct fixed_phy_status status = {}; > @@ -291,10 +307,13 @@ int of_phy_register_fixed_link(struct device_node *np) > /* New binding */ > fixed_link_node = of_get_child_by_name(np, "fixed-link"); > if (fixed_link_node) { > - status.link = 1; > + bool autoneg = of_property_read_bool(fixed_link_node, > + "autoneg"); > + status.link = !autoneg; > status.duplex = of_property_read_bool(fixed_link_node, > "full-duplex"); > - if (of_property_read_u32(fixed_link_node, "speed", &status.speed)) > + if (of_property_read_u32(fixed_link_node, "speed", > + &status.speed) != 0 && !autoneg) > return -EINVAL; > status.pause = of_property_read_bool(fixed_link_node, "pause"); > status.asym_pause = of_property_read_bool(fixed_link_node, > diff --git a/include/linux/of_mdio.h b/include/linux/of_mdio.h > index d449018..647f348 100644 > --- a/include/linux/of_mdio.h > +++ b/include/linux/of_mdio.h > @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ static inline struct mii_bus *of_mdio_find_bus(struct device_node *mdio_np) > #if defined(CONFIG_OF) && defined(CONFIG_FIXED_PHY) > extern int of_phy_register_fixed_link(struct device_node *np); > extern bool of_phy_is_fixed_link(struct device_node *np); > +extern bool of_phy_is_autoneg_link(struct device_node *np); > #else > static inline int of_phy_register_fixed_link(struct device_node *np) > { > @@ -74,6 +75,10 @@ static inline bool of_phy_is_fixed_link(struct device_node *np) > { > return false; > } > +static inline bool of_phy_is_autoneg_link(struct device_node *np) > +{ > + return false; > +} > #endif > > -- Florian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html