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From:   Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] net:stmmac:stmmac_platform:Add snps,xpcs devicetree
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Hello,

On Fri, 8 Dec 2023 07:02:19 +0000
Jiangfeng Ma <Jiangfeng.Ma@synopsys.com> wrote:

> In order to setup xpcs, has_xpcs must be set to a non-zero value.
> Add new optional devicetree properties representing this.
> 
> If has_xpcs is set to true, then xpcs_an_inband should preferably be
> consistent with it, Otherwise, some errors may occur when starting
> the network, For example, the phy interface that xpcs already supports,
> but link up fails.

Can you elaborate on why you need this, and on which platform
especially ? Usually drivers for the various stmmac variants know if
they have XPCS or not, or can guess it based on some info such as the
configured PHY mode (dwmac-intel).

Besides that, there are a few issues with your submission. If DT is the
way to go (and I don't say it is), you would also need to update the
bindings to document that property.

> The types of has_xpcs and xpcs_an_inband are unsigned int,
> and generally used as flags. So it may be more reasonable to set them to
> bool type. This can also be confirmed from the type of @ovr_an_inband.

And this part would go into a separate patch.

Thanks,

Maxime