Marco Crivellari says:
====================
net: replace wq users and add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue() users
Below is a summary of a discussion about the Workqueue API and cpu isolation
considerations. Details and more information are available here:
"workqueue: Always use wq_select_unbound_cpu() for WORK_CPU_UNBOUND."
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250221112003.1dSuoGyc@linutronix.de
=== Current situation: problems ===
Let's consider a nohz_full system with isolated CPUs: wq_unbound_cpumask is
set to the housekeeping CPUs, for !WQ_UNBOUND the local CPU is selected.
This leads to different scenarios if a work item is scheduled on an isolated
CPU where "delay" value is 0 or greater then 0:
schedule_delayed_work(, 0);
This will be handled by __queue_work() that will queue the work item on the
current local (isolated) CPU, while:
schedule_delayed_work(, 1);
Will move the timer on an housekeeping CPU, and schedule the work there.
Currently if a user enqueue a work item using schedule_delayed_work() the
used wq is "system_wq" (per-cpu wq) while queue_delayed_work() use
WORK_CPU_UNBOUND (used when a cpu is not specified). The same applies to
schedule_work() that is using system_wq and queue_work(), that makes use
again of WORK_CPU_UNBOUND.
This lack of consistentcy cannot be addressed without refactoring the API.
=== Plan and future plans ===
This patchset is the first stone on a refactoring needed in order to
address the points aforementioned; it will have a positive impact also
on the cpu isolation, in the long term, moving away percpu workqueue in
favor to an unbound model.
These are the main steps:
1) API refactoring (that this patch is introducing)
- Make more clear and uniform the system wq names, both per-cpu and
unbound. This to avoid any possible confusion on what should be
used.
- Introduction of WQ_PERCPU: this flag is the complement of WQ_UNBOUND,
introduced in this patchset and used on all the callers that are not
currently using WQ_UNBOUND.
WQ_UNBOUND will be removed in a future release cycle.
Most users don't need to be per-cpu, because they don't have
locality requirements, because of that, a next future step will be
make "unbound" the default behavior.
2) Check who really needs to be per-cpu
- Remove the WQ_PERCPU flag when is not strictly required.
3) Add a new API (prefer local cpu)
- There are users that don't require a local execution, like mentioned
above; despite that, local execution yeld to performance gain.
This new API will prefer the local execution, without requiring it.
=== Introduced Changes by this series ===
1) [P 1-2] Replace use of system_wq and system_unbound_wq
system_wq is a per-CPU workqueue, but his name is not clear.
system_unbound_wq is to be used when locality is not required.
Because of that, system_wq has been renamed in system_percpu_wq, and
system_unbound_wq has been renamed in system_dfl_wq.
2) [P 3] add WQ_PERCPU to remaining alloc_workqueue() users
Every alloc_workqueue() caller should use one among WQ_PERCPU or
WQ_UNBOUND.
WQ_UNBOUND will be removed in a next release cycle.
====================
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250918142427.309519-1-marco.crivellari@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Currently if a user enqueue a work item using schedule_delayed_work() the
used wq is "system_wq" (per-cpu wq) while queue_delayed_work() use
WORK_CPU_UNBOUND (used when a cpu is not specified). The same applies to
schedule_work() that is using system_wq and queue_work(), that makes use
again of WORK_CPU_UNBOUND.
This lack of consistentcy cannot be addressed without refactoring the API.
alloc_workqueue() treats all queues as per-CPU by default, while unbound
workqueues must opt-in via WQ_UNBOUND.
This default is suboptimal: most workloads benefit from unbound queues,
allowing the scheduler to place worker threads where they’re needed and
reducing noise when CPUs are isolated.
This change adds a new WQ_PERCPU flag at the network subsystem, to explicitly
request the use of the per-CPU behavior. Both flags coexist for one release
cycle to allow callers to transition their calls.
Once migration is complete, WQ_UNBOUND can be removed and unbound will
become the implicit default.
With the introduction of the WQ_PERCPU flag (equivalent to !WQ_UNBOUND),
any alloc_workqueue() caller that doesn’t explicitly specify WQ_UNBOUND
must now use WQ_PERCPU.
All existing users have been updated accordingly.
Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250918142427.309519-4-marco.crivellari@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Currently if a user enqueue a work item using schedule_delayed_work() the
used wq is "system_wq" (per-cpu wq) while queue_delayed_work() use
WORK_CPU_UNBOUND (used when a cpu is not specified). The same applies to
schedule_work() that is using system_wq and queue_work(), that makes use
again of WORK_CPU_UNBOUND.
This lack of consistentcy cannot be addressed without refactoring the API.
system_unbound_wq should be the default workqueue so as not to enforce
locality constraints for random work whenever it's not required.
Adding system_dfl_wq to encourage its use when unbound work should be used.
The old system_unbound_wq will be kept for a few release cycles.
Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250918142427.309519-3-marco.crivellari@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Currently if a user enqueue a work item using schedule_delayed_work() the
used wq is "system_wq" (per-cpu wq) while queue_delayed_work() use
WORK_CPU_UNBOUND (used when a cpu is not specified). The same applies to
schedule_work() that is using system_wq and queue_work(), that makes use
again of WORK_CPU_UNBOUND.
This lack of consistentcy cannot be addressed without refactoring the API.
system_unbound_wq should be the default workqueue so as not to enforce
locality constraints for random work whenever it's not required.
Adding system_dfl_wq to encourage its use when unbound work should be used.
The old system_unbound_wq will be kept for a few release cycles.
Suggested-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Marco Crivellari <marco.crivellari@suse.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250918142427.309519-2-marco.crivellari@suse.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Tony Nguyen says:
====================
Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2025-09-19 (ice, idpf, iavf, ixgbevf, fm10k)
Paul adds support for Earliest TxTime First (ETF) hardware offload
for E830 devices on ice. ETF is configured per-queue using tc-etf Qdisc;
a new Tx flow mechanism utilizes a dedicated timestamp ring alongside
the standard Tx ring. The timestamp ring contains descriptors that
specify when hardware should transmit packets; up to 2048 Tx queues can
be supported.
Additional info: https://lore.kernel.org/intel-wired-lan/20250818132257.21720-1-paul.greenwalt@intel.com/
Dave removes excess cleanup call to ice_lag_move_new_vf_nodes() in error
path.
Milena adds reporting of timestamping statistics to idpf.
Alex changes error variable type for code clarity for iavf and ixgbevf.
Brahmajit Das removes unused parameter from fm10k_unbind_hw_stats_q().
* '100GbE' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tnguy/next-queue:
net: intel: fm10k: Fix parameter idx set but not used
ixgbevf: fix proper type for error code in ixgbevf_resume()
iavf: fix proper type for error code in iavf_resume()
idpf: add HW timestamping statistics
ice: Remove deprecated ice_lag_move_new_vf_nodes() call
ice: add E830 Earliest TxTime First Offload support
ice: move ice_qp_[ena|dis] for reuse
====================
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250919175412.653707-1-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Add missing "Return:" sections to kernel-doc comments for four functions:
- axienet_calc_cr()
- axienet_device_reset()
- axienet_free_tx_chain()
- axienet_dim_coalesce_count_rx()
Also standardize the return documentation format by replacing inline
"Returns" text with proper "Return:" tags as per kernel documentation
guidelines.
Fixes below kernel-doc warnings:
- Warning: No description found for return value of 'axienet_calc_cr'
- Warning: No description found for return value of 'axienet_device_reset'
- Warning: No description found for return value of 'axienet_free_tx_chain'
- Warning: No description found for return value of
'axienet_dim_coalesce_count_rx'
Signed-off-by: Suraj Gupta <suraj.gupta2@amd.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250919103754.434711-1-suraj.gupta2@amd.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Bastien Curutchet says:
====================
net: dsa: microchip: Add strap description to set SPI as interface bus
At reset, the KSZ8463 uses a strap-based configuration to set SPI as
interface bus. If the required pull-ups/pull-downs are missing
(by mistake or by design to save power) the pins may float and the
configuration can go wrong preventing any communication with the switch.
This small series aims to allow to configure the KSZ8463 switch at
reset when the hardware straps are missing.
PATCH 0 and 1 add a new property to the bindings that describes the GPIOs
to be set during reset in order to configure the switch properly.
PATCH 2 implements the use of these properties in the driver.
====================
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250918-ksz-strap-pins-v3-0-16662e881728@bootlin.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
At reset, the KSZ8463 uses a strap-based configuration to set SPI as
bus interface. SPI is the only bus supported by the driver. If the
required pull-ups/pull-downs are missing (by mistake or by design to
save power) the pins may float and the configuration can go wrong
preventing any communication with the switch.
Introduce a ksz8463_configure_straps_spi() function called during the
device reset. It relies on the 'straps-rxd-gpios' OF property and the
'reset' pinmux configuration to enforce SPI as bus interface.
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Signed-off-by: Bastien Curutchet (Schneider Electric) <bastien.curutchet@bootlin.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250918-ksz-strap-pins-v3-3-16662e881728@bootlin.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
At reset, KSZ8463 uses a strap-based configuration to set SPI as
interface bus. If the required pull-ups/pull-downs are missing (by
mistake or by design to save power) the pins may float and the
configuration can go wrong preventing any communication with the switch.
Add a 'reset' pinmux state
Add a KSZ8463 specific strap description that can be used by the driver
to drive the strap pins during reset. Two GPIOs are used. Users must
describe either both of them or none of them.
Signed-off-by: Bastien Curutchet (Schneider Electric) <bastien.curutchet@bootlin.com>
Reviewed-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250918-ksz-strap-pins-v3-2-16662e881728@bootlin.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Russell King says:
====================
net: rework SFP capability parsing and quirks
The original SPF module parsing was implemented prior to gaining any
quirks, and was designed such that the upstream calls the parsing
functions to get the translated capabilities of the module.
SFP quirks were then added to cope with modules that didn't correctly
fill out their ID EEPROM. The quirk function was called from
sfp_parse_support() to allow quirks to modify the ethtool link mode
masks.
Using just ethtool link mode masks eventually lead to difficulties
determining the correct phy_interface_t mode, so a bitmap of these
modes were added - needing both the upstream API and quirks to be
updated.
We have had significantly more SFP module quirks added since, some
which are modifying the ID EEPROM as a way of influencing the data
we provide to the upstream - for example, sfp_fixup_10gbaset_30m()
changes id.base.connector so we report PORT_TP. This could be done
more cleanly if the quirks had access to the parsed SFP port.
In order to improve flexibility, and to simplify some of the upstream
code, we group all module capabilities into a single structure that
the upstream can access via sfp_module_get_caps(). This will allow
the module capabilities to be expanded if required without reworking
all the infrastructure and upstreams again.
In this series, we rework the SFP code to use the capability structure
and then rework all the upstream implementations, finally removing the
old kernel internal APIs.
====================
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/aMnaoPjIuzEAsESZ@shell.armlinux.org.uk
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Matthieu Baerts says:
====================
mptcp: pm: netlink: announce server-side flag
Now that the 'flags' attribute is used, it seems interesting to add one
flag for 'server-side', a boolean value.
Here are a few patches related to the 'server-side' attribute:
- Patch 1: only announce this attribute on the server side.
- Patch 2: announce the 'server-side' flag when this is the case.
- Patch 3: deprecate the 'server-side' attribute.
- Patch 4: use the 'server-side' flag in the selftests.
- Patches 5, 6: small cleanups when working on code around.
====================
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250919-net-next-mptcp-server-side-flag-v1-0-a97a5d561a8b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
This attribute is a boolean. No need to add it to set it to 'false'.
Indeed, the default value when this attribute is not set is naturally
'false'. A few bytes can then be saved by not adding this attribute if
the connection is not on the server side.
This prepares the future deprecation of its attribute, in favour of a
new flag.
Reviewed-by: Geliang Tang <geliang@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250919-net-next-mptcp-server-side-flag-v1-1-a97a5d561a8b@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
While most of the statistics functions (emac_get_stats64() and such) are
called with softirqs enabled, emac_stats_timer() is, as its name
suggests, also called from a timer, i.e. called in softirq context.
All of these take stats_lock. Therefore, make stats_lock softirq-safe by
changing spin_lock() into spin_lock_bh() for the functions that get
statistics.
Also, instead of directly calling emac_stats_timer() in emac_up() and
emac_resume(), set the timer to trigger instead, so that
emac_stats_timer() is only called from the timer. It will keep using
spin_lock().
This fixes a lockdep warning, and potential deadlock when stats_timer is
triggered in the middle of getting statistics.
Fixes: bfec6d7f20 ("net: spacemit: Add K1 Ethernet MAC")
Reported-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/a52c0cf5-0444-41aa-b061-a0a1d72b02fe@samsung.com/
Signed-off-by: Vivian Wang <wangruikang@iscas.ac.cn>
Tested-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250919-k1-ethernet-fix-lock-v1-1-c8b700aa4954@iscas.ac.cn
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
The commit 61f132ca8c ("ptp: add helpers to get the phc_index by
of_node or dev") has added two generic interfaces to get the phc_index
of the PTP clock. This eliminates the need for PTP device drivers to
provide custom APIs for consumers to retrieve the phc_index. This has
already been implemented for ENETC v4 and is also applicable to ENETC
v1. Therefore, the global variable enetc_phc_index is removed from the
driver. ENETC v1 now uses the same interface as v4 to get phc_index.
Signed-off-by: Wei Fang <wei.fang@nxp.com>
Reviewed-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Tested-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250919084509.1846513-3-wei.fang@nxp.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Kuniyuki Iwashima says:
====================
tcp: Clean up inet_hash() and inet_unhash().
While reviewing the ehash fix series from Xuanqiang Luo [0],
I noticed that inet_twsk_hashdance_schedule() checks the
retval of __sk_nulls_del_node_init_rcu(), which looks confusing.
The test exists from the pre-git era:
$ git blame -L:tcp_tw_hashdance net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c e48c414ee61f4~
Patch 3 is to clarify that the retval check is unnecessary in
inet_twsk_hashdance_schedule(), but I'll delegate its removal
to the Xuanqiang's series.
Patch 1 & 2 are minor cleanups.
[0]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20250916103054.719584-4-xuanqiang.luo@linux.dev/
====================
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250919083706.1863217-1-kuniyu@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
inet_unhash() checks sk_unhashed() twice at the entry and after locking
ehash/lhash bucket.
The former was somehow added redundantly by commit 4f9bf2a2f5 ("tcp:
Don't acquire inet_listen_hashbucket::lock with disabled BH.").
inet_unhash() is called for the full socket from 4 places, and it is
always under lock_sock() or the socket is not yet published to other
threads:
1. __sk_prot_rehash()
-> called from inet_sk_reselect_saddr(), which has
lockdep_sock_is_held()
2. sk_common_release()
-> called when inet_create() or inet6_create() fail, then the
socket is not yet published
3. tcp_set_state()
-> calls tcp_call_bpf_2arg(), and tcp_call_bpf() has
sock_owned_by_me()
4. inet_ctl_sock_create()
-> creates a kernel socket and unhashes it immediately, but TCP
socket is not hashed in sock_create_kern() (only SOCK_RAW is)
So we do not need to check sk_unhashed() twice before/after ehash/lhash
lock in inet_unhash().
Let's remove the 2nd one.
Signed-off-by: Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250919083706.1863217-4-kuniyu@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Quoted from musl wiki:
GNU getopt permutes argv to pull options to the front, ahead of
non-option arguments. musl and the POSIX standard getopt stop
processing options at the first non-option argument with no
permutation.
Thus these scripts stop working on musl since non-option arguments for
tools using getopt() (in this case, (ar)ping) do not always come last.
Fix it by reordering arguments.
Signed-off-by: David Yang <mmyangfl@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250919053538.1106753-1-mmyangfl@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Breno Leitao says:
====================
net: netpoll: remove dead code and speed up rtnl-locked region
This patchset introduces two minor modernizations to the netpoll
infrastructure:
The first patch removes the unused netpoll pointer from the netpoll_info
structure. This member is redundant and its presence does not benefit
multi-instance setups, as reported by Jay Vosburgh. Eliminating it cleans up
the structure and removes unnecessary code.
The second patch updates the netpoll resource cleanup routine to use
synchronize_net() instead of synchronize_rcu(). As __netpoll_free() is always
called under the RTNL lock, using synchronize_net() leverages the more
efficient synchronize_rcu_expedited() in these contexts, reducing time spent in
critical sections and improving performance.
Both changes simplify maintenance and enhance efficiency without altering
netpoll behavior.
====================
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250918-netpoll_jv-v1-0-67d50eeb2c26@debian.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Replace synchronize_rcu() with synchronize_net() in __netpoll_free().
synchronize_net() is RTNL-aware and will use the more efficient
synchronize_rcu_expedited() when called under RTNL lock, avoiding
the potentially expensive synchronize_rcu() in RTNL critical sections.
Since __netpoll_free() is called with RTNL held (as indicated by
ASSERT_RTNL()), this change improves performance by reducing the
time spent in the RTNL critical section.
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250918-netpoll_jv-v1-2-67d50eeb2c26@debian.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Antoine Tenart says:
====================
net: ipv4: some drop reason cleanup and improvements
A few patches that were laying around cleaning up and improving drop
reasons in net/ipv4.
====================
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250915091958.15382-1-atenart@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Instead of setting the drop reason to SKB_DROP_REASON_NOT_SPECIFIED
early and having to reset it each time it is overridden by a function
returned value, just set the drop reason to the expected value before
returning from ip_rcv_finish_core.
Signed-off-by: Antoine Tenart <atenart@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250915091958.15382-3-atenart@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Various network interface types make use of needed_{head,tail}room values
to efficiently reserve buffer space for additional encapsulation headers,
such as VXLAN, Geneve, IPSec, etc. However, it is not currently possible
to query these values in a generic way.
Introduce ability to query the needed_{head,tail}room values of a network
device via rtnetlink, such that applications that may wish to use these
values can do so.
For example, Cilium agent iterates over present devices based on user config
(direct routing, vxlan, geneve, wireguard etc.) and in future will configure
netkit in order to expose the needed_{head,tail}room into K8s pods. See
b9ed315d3c ("netkit: Allow for configuring needed_{head,tail}room").
Suggested-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair McWilliam <alasdair@mcwilliam.dev>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250917095543.14039-1-alasdair@mcwilliam.dev
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Russell King says:
====================
net: stmmac: remove mac_interface
The dwmac core supports a range of interfaces, but when it comes to
SerDes interfaces, the core itself does not include the SerDes block.
Consequently, it has to provide an interface suitable to interface such
a block to, and uses TBI for this.
The driver also uses "PCS" for RGMII, even though the dwmac PCS block
is not present for this interface type - it was a convenice for the
code structure as RGMII includes inband signalling of the PHY state,
much like Cisco SGMII does at a high level.
As such, the code refers to RGMII and SGMII modes for the PCS, and
there used to be STMMAC_PCS_TBI and STMMAC_PCS_RTBI constants as well
but these were never set, although they were used in the code.
The selection of the PCS mode was from mac_interface. Thus, it seems
that the original intention was for mac_interface to describe the
interface mode used within the dwmac core, and phy_interface to
describe the external world-accessible interface (e.g. which would
connect to a PHY or SFP cage.)
It appears that many glue drivers misinterpret these. A good exmple
is socfpga. This supports SGMII and 1000BASE-X, but does not include
the dwmac PCS, relying on the Lynx PCS instead. However, it makes use
of mac_interface to configure the dwmac core to its GMII/MII mode.
So, when operating in either of these modes, the dwmac is configured
for GMII mode to communicate with the Lynx PCS which then provides
the SGMII or 1000BASE-X interface mode to the external world.
Given that phy_interface is the external world interface, and
mac_interface is the dwmac core interface, selecting the interface
mode based on mac_interface being 1000BASEX makes no sense.
Moreover, mac_interface is initialised by the stmmac core code. If
the "mac-mode" property is set in DT, this will be used. Otherwise,
it will reflect the "phy-mode" property - meaning that it defaults
to phy_interface. As no in-kernel DT makes reference to a "mac-mode"
property, we can assume that for all in-kernel platforms, these two
interface variables are the same. The exception are those platform
glues which I reviwed and suggested they use phy_interface, setting
mac_interface to PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_NA.
The conclusion to all of this is that mac_interface serves no useful
purpose, and causes confusion as the platform glue code doesn't seem
to know which one should be used.
Thus, let's get rid of mac_interface, which makes all this code more
understandable. It also helps to untangle some of the questions such
as:
- should this be using the interface passed from phylink
- should we set the range of phylink supported interfaces to be
more than one
- when we get phylink PCS support for the dwmac PCS, should we be
selecting it based on mac_interface or phy_interface, and how
should we populate the PCS' supported_interface bitmap.
Having converted socfpga to use phy_interface, this turns out to
feel like "the right way" to do this - convert the external world
"phy_interface" to whatever phy_intf_sel value that the dwmac core
needs to achieve the connection to whatever hardware blocks are
integrated inside the SoC to achieve the requested external world
interface.
As an illustration why - consider that in the case of socfpga, it
_could_ have been implemented such that the dwmac PCS was used for
SGMII, and the Lynx PCS for 1000BASE-X, or vice versa. Only the
platform glue would know which it is.
I will also note that several cores provide their currently configured
interface mode via the ACTPHYIF field of Hardware Feature 0, and thus
can be read back in the platform-independent parts of the driver to
decide whether the internal PCS or the RGMII (or actually SMII) "PCS"
should be used.
This is hot-off-the-press, and has only been build tested. As I have
none of these platforms, this series has not been run-tested, so
please test on your hardware.
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Link: https://patch.msgid.link/aMrPpc8oRxqGtVPJ@shell.armlinux.org.uk
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
mac_interface has served little purpose, and has only caused confusion.
Now that we have cleaned up all platform glue drivers which should not
have been using mac_interface, there are no users remaining. Remove
mac_interface.
This results in the special dwmac specific "mac-mode" DT property
becoming redundant, and an in case, no DTS files in the kernel make use
of this property. Add a warning if the property is set, and it is
different from the "phy-mode".
Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
Acked-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@mleia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/E1uytpv-00000006H2x-196h@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
dwmac-thead supports either MII or RGMII interface modes only.
None of the DTS files set "mac-mode", so mac_interface will be
identical to phy_interface.
Convert dwmac-thead to use phy_interface when determining the
interface mode rather than mac_interface.
Also convert the error prints to use phy_modes() so that we get a
meaningful string rather than a number for the interface mode.
Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/E1uytpq-00000006H2q-0ajY@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
