Merge branch 'Decoupling-PHYLINK-from-struct-net_device'
Ioana Ciornei says: ==================== Decoupling PHYLINK from struct net_device Following two separate discussion threads in: https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg569087.html and: https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg570450.html Previous RFC patch set: https://www.spinics.net/lists/netdev/msg571995.html PHYLINK was reworked in order to accept multiple operation types, PHYLINK_NETDEV and PHYLINK_DEV, passed through a phylink_config structure alongside the corresponding struct device. One of the main concerns expressed in the RFC was that using notifiers to signal the corresponding phylink_mac_ops would break PHYLINK's API unity and that it would become harder to grep for its users. Using the current approach, we maintain a common API for all users. Also, printing useful information in PHYLINK, when decoupled from a net_device, is achieved using dev_err&co on the struct device received (in DSA's case is the device corresponding to the dsa_switch). PHYLIB (which PHYLINK uses) was reworked to the extent that it does not crash when connecting to a PHY and the net_device pointer is NULL. Lastly, DSA has been reworked in its way that it handles PHYs for ports that lack a net_device (CPU and DSA ports). For these, it was previously using PHYLIB and is now using the PHYLINK_DEV operation type. Previously, a driver that wanted to support PHY operations on CPU/DSA ports has to implement .adjust_link(). This patch set not only gives drivers the options to use PHYLINK uniformly but also urges them to convert to it. For compatibility, the old code is kept but it will be removed once all drivers switch over. The patchset was tested on the NXP LS1021A-TSN board having the following Ethernet layout: https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/5/5/279 The CPU port was moved from the internal RGMII fixed-link (enet2 -> switch port 4) to an external loopback Cat5 cable between the enet1 port and the front-facing swp2 SJA1105 port. In this mode, both the master and the CPU port have an attached PHY which detects link change events: [ 49.105426] fsl-gianfar soc:ethernet@2d50000 eth1: Link is Down [ 50.305486] sja1105 spi0.1: Link is Down [ 53.265596] fsl-gianfar soc:ethernet@2d50000 eth1: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control off [ 54.466304] sja1105 spi0.1: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control off Changes in v2: - fixed sparse warnings - updated 'Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-net-phydev' ==================== Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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