From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallwe...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2018 20:41:52 +0100
> This patch series is based on two axioms: > > - During autoneg a PHY always reports the link being down > > - Info in clause 22/45 registers doesn't allow to differentiate between > these two states: > 1. Link is physically down > 2. A link partner is connected and PHY is autonegotiating > In both cases "link up" and "aneg finished" bits aren't set. > One consequence is that having separate states PHY_NOLINK and PHY_AN > isn't needed. > > By using these two axioms the state machine can be significantly > simplified. So how are we going to move forward on this? Maybe we can apply this series and just watch carefully for any problems that get reported or are found?
