netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: smsc911x: If PHY doesn't have an interrupt then POLL

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Date:	Tue, 14 Jun 2016 20:42:36 +0200
From:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:	Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, steve.glendinning@...well.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: smsc911x: If PHY doesn't have an interrupt then POLL

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 11:16:02AM -0500, Jeremy Linton wrote:
> If the interrupt configuration isn't set and we are using the
> internal phy, then we need to poll the phy to reliably detect
> phy state changes.

Hi Jeremy

Why does the external phy not have the exact same problem?

    Andrew