Re: Broken imx6 to QCA8334 connection since PHYLIB to PHYLINK conversion

[Andrew Lunn]

> [1] 
> https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.12-rc7/source/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6dl-yapp4-common.dtsi#L101


&fec {
        pinctrl-names = "default";
        pinctrl-0 = <&pinctrl_enet>;
        phy-mode = "rgmii-id";
        phy-reset-gpios = <&gpio1 25 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
        phy-reset-duration = <20>;
        phy-supply = <&sw2_reg>;
        phy-handle = <&ethphy0>;
        status = "okay";

        mdio {
                #address-cells = <1>;
                #size-cells = <0>;

                phy_port2: phy@1 {
                        reg = <1>;
                };

                phy_port3: phy@2 {
                        reg = <2>;
                };

                switch@10 {
                        compatible = "qca,qca8334";
                        reg = <10>;

                        switch_ports: ports {
                                #address-cells = <1>;
                                #size-cells = <0>;

                                ethphy0: port@0 {
                                        reg = <0>;
                                        label = "cpu";
                                        phy-mode = "rgmii-id";
                                        ethernet = <&fec>;

                                        fixed-link {
                                                speed = <1000>;
                                                full-duplex;
                                        };
                                };

The fec phy-handle = <&ethphy0>; is pointing to the PHY of switch port
0. This seems wrong. Does the FEC have a PHY? Do you connect the FEC
and the SWITCH at the RGMII level? Or with two back to back PHYs?

If you are doing it RGMII level, the FEC also needs a fixed-link.

    Andrew