netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: trigger state machine immediately in phy_start

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Date:   Mon, 15 Oct 2018 22:00:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     hkallweit1@...il.com
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: trigger state machine immediately
 in phy_start_machine

From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:31:47 +0200

> When starting the state machine there may be work to be done
> immediately, e.g. if the initial state is PHY_UP then the state
> machine may trigger an autonegotiation. Having said that I see no need
> to wait a second until the state machine is run first time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Applied.