> > Hi, > > > > Armada has options for 1G/10G ports without PHY's(for example > community board Macchiato single shot). > > This port doesn't have PHY's and cannot negotiate Flow Control support, > but we can for example connect two ports without PHY's and manually(by > ethtool) configure FC. > > On the Macchiatobin single shot, you use the existing SFP support rather > than forcing them to fixed link. > > > Current phylink return error if I do this on ports with > MLO_AN_FIXED(callback phylink_ethtool_set_pauseparam): > > if (pl->cur_link_an_mode == MLO_AN_FIXED) > > return -EOPNOTSUPP; > > > > How can we enable FC configurations for these ports? Do you have any > suggestions or should I post my proposal as an RFC patch? > > If you really must use fixed-link, you specify the pause modes via firmware, > just as you specify the speed and duplex - you specify the link partner's flow > control abilities.
In this case we cannot change this by ethtool during runtime? Regards, Stefan.
