netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: print error message in phy

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Message-ID: <20181216164838.GB25181@lunn.ch>
Date:   Sun, 16 Dec 2018 17:48:38 +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] net: phy: print error message in phy_error

On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 04:52:21PM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> So far phy_error() silently stops the PHY state machine. If the network
> driver doesn't inform about a  MDIO error then the user may wonder why
> his network is down. So let's inform the user.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew