netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: bcmgenet: use MAC link status for fixed phy

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Date:   Wed, 29 Aug 2018 19:52:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     opendmb@...il.com
Cc:     f.fainelli@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: bcmgenet: use MAC link status for fixed phy

From: Doug Berger <opendmb@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:33:15 -0700

> When using the fixed PHY with GENET (e.g. MOCA) the PHY link
> status can be determined from the internal link status captured
> by the MAC. This allows the PHY state machine to use the correct
> link state with the fixed PHY even if MAC link event interrupts
> are missed when the net device is opened.
> 
> Fixes: 8d88c6e ("net: bcmgenet: enable MoCA link state change detection")
> Signed-off-by: Doug Berger <opendmb@...il.com>

Applied with fixed Fixes: tag SHA1-ID and queued up for -stable.