netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: bcm_sf2: force link for all fixed PHY devices

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Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2014 21:17:30 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: bcm_sf2: force link for all fixed PHY
 devices

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:12:42 -0800

> For ports of the switch that we define as "fixed PHYs" such as MoCA, we
> would have our Port 7 special handling that would allow us to assert the
> link status indication.
> 
> For other ports, such as e.g: RGMII_1 connected to a cable modem, we
> would rely on whatever the bootloader has left configured, which is a
> bad assumption to make, we really need to force the link status
> indication here.
> 
> Fixes: 246d7f773c13 ("net: dsa: add Broadcom SF2 switch driver")
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Applied, thanks.
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