Hi guys,

Florian Fainelli <f.faine...@gmail.com> writes:

> Changes in v5:
>
> - removed an invalid use of the link_update callback in the SF2 driver
>   was appeared after merging "net: phy: fixed_phy: handle link-down case"
>
> - reworded the commit message for patch 2 to make it clear what it fixes and
>   why this is required
>
> Initial cover letter from Stas:
>
> Hello.
>
> Currently the link status auto-negotiation is enabled
> for any SGMII link with fixed-link DT binding.
> The regression was reported:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/7/8/865
> Apparently not all HW that implements SGMII protocol, generates the
> inband status for the auto-negotiation to work.
> More details here:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/7/10/206
>
> The following patches reverts to the old behavior by default,
> which is to not enable the auto-negotiation for fixed-link.
> The new DT property is added that allows to explicitly request
> the auto-negotiation.

FWIW, I tested this v5 series on mirabox (2 mvneta interfaces using
RGMII); both interfaces still work as expected, i.e. no regression
on my side.

a+
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