Re: [PATCH 1/2] of_mdio: add new DT property 'link' for fixed-link

From: Sebastien Rannou
Date: Fri Jul 10 2015 - 04:46:56 EST


On Fri, 10 Jul 2015, Stas Sergeev wrote:

> 10.07.2015 00:15, Florian Fainelli ÐÐÑÐÑ:
> > Then, if the in-band status indication is not reliable (which really
> > should be completely understood),
> Agree!
> But this is not something I can help with.
> Sebastien Rannou reports the problem, please ask him whatever
> you see fits to get a better understanding of a problem.
> The fact that his HW does not generate the inband status, is
> _my own guess_.

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.

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SÃbastien