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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst b/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst index d753a309f9d1..5aec7c8857d0 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:: @@ -135,27 +138,27 @@ this documentation. .. code-block:: c - static int foo_ethtool_set_link_ksettings(struct net_device *dev, - const struct ethtool_link_ksettings *cmd) - { - struct foo_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev); - - return phylink_ethtool_ksettings_set(priv->phylink, cmd); - } - - static int foo_ethtool_get_link_ksettings(struct net_device *dev, - struct ethtool_link_ksettings *cmd) - { - struct foo_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev); + static int foo_ethtool_set_link_ksettings(struct net_device *dev, + const struct ethtool_link_ksettings *cmd) + { + struct foo_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev); + + return phylink_ethtool_ksettings_set(priv->phylink, cmd); + } - return phylink_ethtool_ksettings_get(priv->phylink, cmd); - } + static int foo_ethtool_get_link_ksettings(struct net_device *dev, + struct ethtool_link_ksettings *cmd) + { + struct foo_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev); + + return phylink_ethtool_ksettings_get(priv->phylink, cmd); + } -7. Replace the call to: +7. Replace the call to:: phy_dev = of_phy_connect(dev, node, link_func, flags, phy_interface); - and associated code with a call to: + and associated code with a call to:: err = phylink_of_phy_connect(priv->phylink, node, flags); @@ -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 |