netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: realtek: add support for RTL8211C

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Date:   Mon, 02 Jul 2018 22:46:19 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     hkallweit1@...il.com
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com, nic_swsd@...ltek.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: realtek: add support for RTL8211C

From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 08:08:13 +0200

> RTL8211C has an issue when operating in Gigabit slave mode, therefore
> genphy driver can't be used. See also this U-boot change.
> https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2016-March/249712.html
> 
> Add a PHY driver for this chip with the quirk to force Gigabit master
> mode. As a note: This will make it impossible to connect two network
> ports directly which both are driven by a RTl8211C.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Applied.