netdev - Re: [PATCH] [v2] net: phy: phy drivers should not set SUPPORTED_[Asym

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Date:   Mon, 14 Nov 2016 13:12:25 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     timur@...eaurora.org
Cc:     f.fainelli@...il.com, jon.mason@...adcom.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v2] net: phy: phy drivers should not set
 SUPPORTED_[Asym_]Pause

From: Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 17:46:01 -0600

> Instead of having individual PHY drivers set the SUPPORTED_Pause and
> SUPPORTED_Asym_Pause flags, phylib itself should set those flags.
> During autonegotiation, the PHYs will determine whether to enable
> pause frame support.
> 
> Pause frames are a feature that is supported by the MAC.  It is the MAC
> that generates the frames and that processes them.  The PHY can only be
> configured to allow them to pass through.
> 
> So the new process is:
 ...
> Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>
> ---
> 
> v2: set the Pause bits in phy_probe()
>     update broadcom.c which was recently changed

Florian please review this patch.

Thank you.