On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 11:44:14AM +0300, Ran Shalit wrote:
> Hello,
>
> We configure external switch in u-boot.
> The configuration is through mdio (cpu is mac and switch is phy).
>
> But in Linux we rather not implement any communication in mdio to
> switch, but it means that we then don't have the information of link
> state.
>
> Is it possible to force in Linux (by default in startup) Ethernet
> connectivity (netif_carrier_on, netif_wake_queue) even if there is no
> information of real link state ?
Hi Ran
Use a fixed-phy.
Andrew
