netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] net: enable inband link state negotiation only when explicitly requested

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Date:	Fri, 10 Jul 2015 13:31:51 -0700
From:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:	Stas Sergeev <stsp@...t.ru>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sebastien Rannou <mxs@...k.org>,
	Arnaud Ebalard <arno@...isbad.org>,
	Stas Sergeev <stsp@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] net: enable inband link state negotiation only
 when explicitly requested

On 10/07/15 09:38, Stas Sergeev wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> Currently the link status auto-negotiation is enabled
> for any SGMII link with fixed-link DT binding.
> The regression was reported:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/7/8/865
> Apparently not all HW that implements SGMII protocol, generates the
> inband status for the auto-negotiation to work.
> More details here:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/7/10/206
> 
> The following patches reverts to the old behavior by default,
> which is to not enable the auto-negotiation for fixed-link.
> The new DT property is added that allows to explicitly request
> the auto-negotiation.
> 
> Those who were affected by the change, please send your Tested-by,
> Thanks!

For future submissions, would you mind CC'ing everybody for the entire
patch series and not just on a per-patch basis?
-- 
Florian
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