linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net 6/6] net: phy: vitesse: repair vsc73xx autonegotiation

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Message-ID: <ZqzZH4QB5NhPYDF3@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 14:03:27 +0100
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To: Pawel Dembicki <paweldembicki@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 6/6] net: phy: vitesse: repair vsc73xx autonegotiation

On Fri, Aug 02, 2024 at 10:04:03AM +0200, Pawel Dembicki wrote:
> When the vsc73xx mdio bus work properly, the generic autonegotiation
> configuration works well.
> 
> Vsc73xx have auto MDI-X disabled by default in forced mode. This commit
> enables it.

Why not implement proper MDI(-X) configuration support so that the user
can configure it as desired?

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