Re: [PATCH net-next 3/6] net: phy: update in-band AN mode when changing interface by PHY driver

[Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>]

On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 04:06:31PM +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 04:43:51PM +0200, Simon Horman wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 12:19:02PM +0800, Choong Yong Liang wrote:
> > > From: "Tan, Tee Min" <tee.min.tan@linux.intel.com>
> > > 
> > > Add cur_link_an_mode into phy_device struct for PHY drivers to
> > > communicate the in-band AN mode setting with phylink framework.
> > > 
> > > As there is a mechanism in PHY drivers to switch the PHY interface
> > > between SGMII and 2500BaseX according to link speed. In this case,
> > > the in-band AN mode should be switching based on the PHY interface
> > > as well, if the PHY interface has been changed/updated by PHY driver.
> > > 
> > > For e.g., disable in-band AN in 2500BaseX mode, or enable in-band AN
> > > back for SGMII mode (10/100/1000Mbps).
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Tan, Tee Min <tee.min.tan@linux.intel.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Choong Yong Liang <yong.liang.choong@linux.intel.com>
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > > diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
> > > index 11c1e91563d4..c685b526e307 100644
> > > --- a/include/linux/phy.h
> > > +++ b/include/linux/phy.h
> > > @@ -756,6 +756,8 @@ struct phy_device {
> > >  	/* MACsec management functions */
> > >  	const struct macsec_ops *macsec_ops;
> > >  #endif
> > > +	/* For communicate the AN mode setting with phylink framework. */
> > > +	u8 cur_link_an_mode;
> > >  };
> > 
> > Hi Choong Yong Liang,
> > 
> > Please consider adding cur_link_an_mode to the kernel doc
> > for struct phy_device - which is above the definition of struct phy_device.
> 
> This looks like it's grabbing something from phylink and stuffing it
> into phylib.  However, I have no idea, because I don't seem to have
> received the original patches. I'm guessing the reason is:
> 
> 2023-06-22 05:21:24 1qCBoy-0003ji-G9 H=mga03.intel.com
> [134.134.136.65]:57703 I=[78.32.30.218]:25
> X=TLS1.2:ECDHE_SECP521R1__RSA_SHA512__AES_256_GCM:256
> F=<yong.liang.choong@linux.intel.com> rejected after DATA: unqualified
> address not permitted: failing address in "Cc:" header is: Tan
> 
> Which I suspect came from:
> 
> 	Tan, Tee Min <tee.min.tan@linux.intel.com>
> 
> and someone doesn't realise that a "," in the display-name part of
> an address *must* be quoted, otherwise "," is taken to be a separator
> in the address list.
> 
> Consequently, it has now become:
> 
> 	Tan@web.codeaurora.org, Tee Min <tee.min.tan@linux.intel.com>,
> 
> It should have been:
> 
> 	"Tan, Tee Min" <tee.min.tan@linux.intel.com>
> 
> with the double-quotes.
> 
> Please do not review this series further, but instead, please can the
> author repost it forthwith with correct conformant headers so that a
> proper review can be undertaken by all?

Hi Russell,

Sorry for not noticing this myself.
I agree that we should wait for a properly formed post as you suggest.