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

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Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2024 10:38:42 +0100
From: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc: "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>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] drivers: net: Convert EEE handling to use linkmode
 bitmaps

Hello Andrew,

On Sun, 04 Feb 2024 17:40:17 -0600
Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> 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.

Although I don't have proper hardware to test all these, I've read
the patches and I didn't find any obvious issues besides the typo in
patch 7.

Regards,

Maxime