Re: [PATCH] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: remove link polling

2015-10-07 Thread David Miller
From: Russell King Date: Sat, 03 Oct 2015 18:09:01 +0100 > The link status is polled by the generic phy layer, there's no need to > duplicate that polling with additional polling. This additional polling > adds additional MDIO traffic, and races with the generic phy layer, > resulting in missing

[PATCH] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: remove link polling

2015-10-03 Thread Russell King
The link status is polled by the generic phy layer, there's no need to duplicate that polling with additional polling. This additional polling adds additional MDIO traffic, and races with the generic phy layer, resulting in missing or duplicated link status messages. Tested-by: Andrew Lunn Signe