linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/8] drivers: net: Convert EEE handling to use linkmode bitmaps

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Message-ID: <d807dd9a-5318-482b-a85a-02baccec8701@lunn.ch>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2024 02:03:47 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Ariel Elior <aelior@...vell.com>,
	Manish Chopra <manishc@...vell.com>,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
Cc: linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] drivers: net: Convert EEE handling to use linkmode
 bitmaps

On Sun, Feb 04, 2024 at 05:40:17PM -0600, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> EEE has until recently been limited to lower speeds due to the use of
> the legacy u32 for link speeds. This restriction has been lifted, with
> the use of linkmode bitmaps. This patchset convert some MAC drivers
> still using the old _u32 to link modes, with the aim of soon being
> able to remove the legacy _u32 members in the keee structure.
> 
> A couple of Intel drivers do odd things with EEE, setting the autoneg
> bit. It is unclear why, no other driver does, ethtool does not display
> it, and EEE is always negotiated. One patch in this series deletes
> this code. Comments on why its actually useful and should be kept are
> gratefully received.

Gerr. How many people have i said to put the tree in the Subject: And
then i forget myself :-(

net-next.

	Andrew