Hi Andrew
> The parameter is called 'forced-slave'. See the man page:
Umm...
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Hi Andrew
> > Do you know how to switch between master/slave?
>
> There was a patch to ethtool merged for this:
>
> commit 558f7cc33daf82f945af432c79db40edcbe0dad0
> Author: Oleksij Rempel
> Date: Wed Jun 10 10:37:43 2020 +0200
>
> netlink: add master/slave configuration support
I know
Hi Andrew
> For T1, it seems like Master is pretty important. Do you have
> information to be able to return the current Master/slave
> configuration, or allow it to be configured? See the nxp-tja11xx.c for
> an example.
Do you know how to switch between master/slave?
The help of the ethtool comm
> > I think it's possible to return a Master/Slave configuration.
>
> Great. It would be good to add it.
OK. I think it will take some time to implement this feature,
as we prioritize investigating comments from Russell.
> > By the way, do you need the cable test function as implementedin
> > nx
> For T1, it seems like Master is pretty important. Do you have
> information to be able to return the current Master/slave
> configuration, or allow it to be configured? See the nxp-tja11xx.c
> for an example.
I think it's possible to return a Master/Slave configuration.
By the way, do you need
Hi Sergei,
>The subject also could be more concise...
I'll think about it. Thank you!
> Not at all so common as I thought! Only 4 drivers use mdio-bitbang,
> 2 of them are for the Renesas SoCs...
Yes.
> Do yuo have R-Car V3H at hand, by chance? It does have a GEther
> controler use
Hi Sergei,
>CCing DaveM (as you should have done from the start)...
Thank you. I appreciate your help.
>Did you also build mdio-bitbang.c as a module?
Yes. Sure.
> For the in-kernal driver, not being able to rmmod the 'ravb' one sounds
> logical. :-)
root@rcar-gen3:~# lsmod|grep ravb
Hi Sergei,
I understand that the commit log needs to be corrected.
(Shimoda-san's point is also correct)
If there is anything else that needs to be corrected, please point it out.
>That seems a common pattern, inlluding the Renesas sh_eth
> driver...
Yes.
If I can get an R-Car Gen2 board, I
