netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] net: phy: improve and simplify phylib state machine

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Date:   Wed, 7 Nov 2018 20:48:16 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] net: phy: improve and simplify phylib state
 machine

On Wed, Nov 07, 2018 at 08:41:52PM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> This patch series is based on two axioms:
> 
> - During autoneg a PHY always reports the link being down

Hi Heiner

I think that is a risky assumption to make.

What happens if this assumption is incorrect?

     Andrew