[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 07/13] net/hns3: support PF on electrical net device

oulijun oulijun at huawei.com
Mon Mar 1 15:17:23 CET 2021



在 2021/2/26 23:25, Ferruh Yigit 写道:
> On 2/24/2021 1:28 AM, Lijun Ou wrote:
>> From: Huisong Li <lihuisong at huawei.com>
>>
>> The normal operation of electrical interface devices depends on the
>> initialization and configuration of the PHY chip. The task of driving
>> the PHY chip is implemented in some firmware versions. If firmware
>> supports the phy driver, it will report a capability flag to driver
>> in probing process. The driver determines whether to support electrical
>> device based on the capability bit. If supported, the driver set a flag
>> indicating that the firmware takes over the PHY, and then the firmware
>> intializes the PHY.
>>
>> This patch supports the query of link status and link info, and existing
>> basic features for electrical device.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Huisong Li <lihuisong at huawei.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Lijun Ou <oulijun at huawei.com>
>
> Is the "electrical net device" means electrical PHY, would it be OK to 
> update it as this?
> .
>
There is no electrical PHY. Only electrical PHY is supported in kernel 
mode. What do you think?
copper phy?


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