[EXT] Re: [PATCH v1 2/5] net: phy: marvell: extend 88E2110 to use both 2.5GHz modes

[Marek Behun]

On Thu, 8 Apr 2021 19:18:09 +0000
Stefan Chulski <stefanc at marvell.com> wrote:

> > 
> > Stefan, you suggest to drop this define from PHY_INTERFACE enum which we
> > can't easily do with other drivers (like NXP) also referencing this macro.
> > 
> > How to continue then?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Stefan  
> 
> Probably we should drop SGMII_2500 from this series, introduce "manage" devicetree property(that would indicate if inband supported or not).
> For example this is armada-8040-mcbin.dtsi In kernel, when in-band supported:
> &cp1_eth2 {
> 	/* CPS Lane 5 */
> 	status = "okay";
> 	/* Network PHY */
> 	phy-mode = "2500base-x";
> 	managed = "in-band-status";
> 	/* Generic PHY, providing serdes lanes */
> 	phys = <&cp1_comphy5 2>;
> 	sfp = <&sfp_eth3>;
> }; 
> 
> If in-band not supported(for example PPv2 MAC connected to 88E2110 in 2.5G speed) we would use default managed = "auto" and fixed link property.

Such DTS properties should first be proposed to device-tree ML
and documented in devicetree bindings documentation.

Marek