[RFC,00/10] net: pcs: xpcs: cleanups batch 1

Message

Russell King (Oracle) Sept. 23, 2024, 2 p.m. UTC

Hi,

First, sorry for the bland series subject - this is the first in a
number of cleanup series to the XPCS driver. This series has some
functional changes beyond merely cleanups, notably the first patch.

This series starts off with a patch that moves the PCS reset from
the xpcs_create*() family of calls to when phylink first configures
the PHY. The motivation for this change is to get rid of the
interface argument to the xpcs_create*() functions, which I see as
unnecessary complexity. This patch needs testing on SJA1105, Wangxun
and STMMAC drivers.

Patch 2 removes the now unnecessary interface argument from the
internal xpcs_create() and xpcs_init_iface() functions. With this,
xpcs_init_iface() becomes a misnamed function, but patch 3 removes
this function, moving its now meager contents to xpcs_create().

Patch 4 adds xpcs_destroy_pcs() and xpcs_create_pcs_mdiodev()
functions which return and take a phylink_pcs, allowing SJA1105
and Wangxun drivers to be converted to using the phylink_pcs
structure internally.

Patches 5 through 8 convert both these drivers to that end.

Patch 9 drops the interface argument from the remaining xpcs_create*()
functions, addressing the only remaining caller of these functions,
that being the STMMAC driver.

As patch 7 removed the direct calls to the XPCS config/link-up
functions, the last patch makes these functions static.

 drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105.h                 |  2 +-
 drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_main.c            | 83 ++++++++++----------
 drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_mdio.c            | 28 ++++---
 drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_mdio.c |  7 +-
 drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/txgbe/txgbe_phy.c    | 18 ++---
 drivers/net/ethernet/wangxun/txgbe/txgbe_type.h   |  2 +-
 drivers/net/pcs/pcs-xpcs.c                        | 92 ++++++++++++++---------
 include/linux/pcs/pcs-xpcs.h                      | 14 ++--
 8 files changed, 130 insertions(+), 116 deletions(-)

Comments

Maxime Chevallier Sept. 23, 2024, 3:02 p.m. UTC | #1

Hi Russell,

On Mon, 23 Sep 2024 15:00:26 +0100
"Russell King (Oracle)" <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> First, sorry for the bland series subject - this is the first in a
> number of cleanup series to the XPCS driver. This series has some
> functional changes beyond merely cleanups, notably the first patch.

FWIW I've reviewed the whole series, to the best of my knowledge this
looks fine, nice improvements. I don't have any means to test however.

Thanks,

Maxime