Re: [PATCH RFC net 2/2] net: dsa: lantiq_gswip: Configure all remaining GSWIP_MII_CFG bits

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On 4/6/2021 5:32 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>>  	case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII:
>>  	case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_ID:
>>  	case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_RXID:
>>  	case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII_TXID:
>>  		miicfg |= GSWIP_MII_CFG_MODE_RGMII;
>> +
>> +		if (phylink_autoneg_inband(mode))
>> +			miicfg |= GSWIP_MII_CFG_RGMII_IBS;
> 
> Is there any other MAC driver doing this? Are there any boards
> actually enabling it? Since it is so odd, if there is nothing using
> it, i would be tempted to leave this out.

Some PHYs (Broadcom namely) support suppressing the RGMII in-band
signaling towards the MAC, so if the MAC relies on that signaling to
configure itself based on what the PHY reports this may not work.
-- 
Florian



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