From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7F62A054F; Mon, 1 Mar 2021 15:44:46 +0100 (CET) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A5EAD22A2A4; Mon, 1 Mar 2021 15:44:46 +0100 (CET) Received: from mga09.intel.com (mga09.intel.com [134.134.136.24]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B643340041 for ; Mon, 1 Mar 2021 15:44:44 +0100 (CET) IronPort-SDR: LtwTOvF9xGPkhtS898qJ5ygljVnuRxHDBC1EDGvISQlHHlpVnsSnrOIR7U84tkl6NDfhAdxd6M QS9y8ViL8lbg== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6000,8403,9910"; a="186596949" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.81,215,1610438400"; d="scan'208";a="186596949" Received: from fmsmga008.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.58]) by orsmga102.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 01 Mar 2021 06:44:43 -0800 IronPort-SDR: H7ZrF4yC6ETOODic0IE49OYgCP4eY9iw/j+672MZ/D5j5jrrFEmmnhNHuzI/Vr8IjVVEZCIFR3 xTDL0TB/quzw== X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.81,215,1610438400"; d="scan'208";a="397760716" Received: from fyigit-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO [10.213.216.186]) ([10.213.216.186]) by fmsmga008-auth.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 01 Mar 2021 06:44:38 -0800 To: oulijun Cc: dev@dpdk.org, linuxarm@openeuler.org References: <1614130139-42926-1-git-send-email-oulijun@huawei.com> <1614130139-42926-8-git-send-email-oulijun@huawei.com> <1233987e-b918-1e5b-3173-6e7512e88bef@intel.com> From: Ferruh Yigit X-User: ferruhy Message-ID: <50bea302-bbb8-81c7-1122-53f6052074ca@intel.com> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 14:44:34 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 07/13] net/hns3: support PF on electrical net device X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" 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 >>> >>> 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 >>> Signed-off-by: Lijun Ou >> >> 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.