From 91a208f2185ad4855ff03c342d0b7e4f5fc6f5df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russell King Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:23:41 +0000 Subject: net: phylink: propagate resolved link config via mac_link_up() Propagate the resolved link parameters via the mac_link_up() call for MACs that do not automatically track their PCS state. We propagate the link parameters via function arguments so that inappropriate members of struct phylink_link_state can't be accessed, and creating a new structure just for this adds needless complexity to the API. Tested-by: Andre Przywara Tested-by: Alexandre Belloni Tested-by: Vladimir Oltean Signed-off-by: Russell King Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst | 17 ++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst b/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst index d753a309f9d1..8d7af28cd835 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst @@ -74,10 +74,13 @@ phylib to the sfp/phylink support. Please send patches to improve this documentation. 1. Optionally split the network driver's phylib update function into - three parts dealing with link-down, link-up and reconfiguring the - MAC settings. This can be done as a separate preparation commit. + two parts dealing with link-down and link-up. This can be done as + a separate preparation commit. - An example of this preparation can be found in git commit fc548b991fb0. + An older example of this preparation can be found in git commit + fc548b991fb0, although this was splitting into three parts; the + link-up part now includes configuring the MAC for the link settings. + Please see :c:func:`mac_link_up` for more information on this. 2. Replace:: @@ -207,6 +210,14 @@ this documentation. using. This is particularly important for in-band negotiation methods such as 1000base-X and SGMII. + The :c:func:`mac_link_up` method is used to inform the MAC that the + link has come up. The call includes the negotiation mode and interface + for reference only. The finalised link parameters are also supplied + (speed, duplex and flow control/pause enablement settings) which + should be used to configure the MAC when the MAC and PCS are not + tightly integrated, or when the settings are not coming from in-band + negotiation. + The :c:func:`mac_config` method is used to update the MAC with the requested state, and must avoid unnecessarily taking the link down when making changes to the MAC configuration. This means the -- cgit