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

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 3/1/2021 2:17 PM, oulijun wrote:
> 
> 
> 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?

I am just trying to understand what is "electrical net device" is, or 
"electrical interface" mentioned in the commit log, I guess you mean non-optical 
interface, if the "copper PHY" is better terminology for it, please use it.