Re: [PATCH v14 00/15] phy: Add support for Lynx 10G SerDes

[Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@xxxxxxxx>]

On 6/10/23 18:21, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> Hello Sean,
> 
> On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 03:19:22PM -0400, Sean Anderson wrote:
>> On 5/22/23 11:00, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
>> > On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 10:42:04AM -0400, Sean Anderson wrote:
>> >> Have you had a chance to review this driver?
>> > 
>> > Partially / too little (and no, I don't have an answer yet). I am
>> > debugging a SERDES protocol change procedure from XFI to SGMII.
>> 
>> I'd just like to reiterate that, like I said in the cover letter, I
>> believe this driver still has value even if it cannot yet perform
>> protocol switching.
>> 
>> Please send me your feedback, and I will try and incorporate it into the
>> next revision. Previously, you said you had major objections to the
>> contents of this series, but you still have not listed them.
> 
> And if SERDES protocol switching was not physically possible, would this
> patch set still have value?

Yes. To e.g. set up SGMII25 or to fix the clocking situation.

--Sean