From 32e454efbb2279b0fa5874abb0944a9d42080ad1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Russell King Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 10:44:33 +0100 Subject: net: phylink: further documentation clarifications Clarify the validate() behaviour in a few cases which weren't mentioned in the documentation, but which are necessary for users to get the correct behaviour. Signed-off-by: Russell King Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/linux/phylink.h | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/phylink.h b/include/linux/phylink.h index 2d2e55dfea94..5b130140fb8f 100644 --- a/include/linux/phylink.h +++ b/include/linux/phylink.h @@ -93,12 +93,19 @@ struct phylink_mac_ops { * Note that the PHY may be able to transform from one connection * technology to another, so, eg, don't clear 1000BaseX just * because the MAC is unable to BaseX mode. This is more about - * clearing unsupported speeds and duplex settings. + * clearing unsupported speeds and duplex settings. The port modes + * should not be cleared; phylink_set_port_modes() will help with this. * * If the @state->interface mode is %PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_1000BASEX * or %PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_2500BASEX, select the appropriate mode * based on @state->advertising and/or @state->speed and update - * @state->interface accordingly. + * @state->interface accordingly. See phylink_helper_basex_speed(). + * + * When @state->interface is %PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_NA, phylink expects the + * MAC driver to return all supported link modes. + * + * If the @state->interface mode is not supported, then the @supported + * mask must be cleared. */ void validate(struct net_device *ndev, unsigned long *supported, struct phylink_link_state *state); -- cgit v1.2.3