Re: [PATCH v6 1/6] net: phy: introduce core support for phy-mode = "10g-qxgmii"

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Sun Nov 26 2023 - 12:20:32 EST


On Sun, Nov 26, 2023 at 02:07:27PM +0800, Luo Jie wrote:
> From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@xxxxxxx>
>
> 10G-QXGMII is a MAC-to-PHY interface defined by the USXGMII multiport
> specification. It uses the same signaling as USXGMII, but it multiplexes
> 4 ports over the link, resulting in a maximum speed of 2.5G per port.
>
> Some in-tree SoCs like the NXP LS1028A use "usxgmii" when they mean
> either the single-port USXGMII or the quad-port 10G-QXGMII variant, and
> they could get away just fine with that thus far. But there is a need to
> distinguish between the 2 as far as SerDes drivers are concerned.

Can this is split into two patches?

> switch (interface) {
> case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_USXGMII:
> - caps |= MAC_10000FD | MAC_5000FD | MAC_2500FD;
> + caps |= MAC_10000FD | MAC_5000FD;
> + fallthrough;

This change seems to refer to the second paragraph, where as the rest
of the code is about the first. Or does splitting this cause a bisect
problem?

Andrew