From: Florian Fainelli <f.faine...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 15:00:01 -0800
> On 11/8/18 2:58 PM, David Miller wrote: >> 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? > > Given Heiner is always responsive and taking care of fixing what might > be/have broken, no objections with me on that. Great, I've applied this series to net-next then. Thanks.
