On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 03:00:01PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> 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.
Yes, lets try it.
Andrew
