netdev - Re: [PATCH] Revert "net: phy: marvell: avoid pause mode on SGMII-to-Copper for 88e151x"

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Date:   Sun, 27 Jan 2019 23:00:24 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...hat.com>
To:     rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com, hkallweit1@...il.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "net: phy: marvell: avoid pause mode on
 SGMII-to-Copper for 88e151x"

From: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2019 23:27:57 +0000

> This reverts commit 6623c0fba10ef45b64ca213ad5dec926f37fa9a0.
> 
> The original diagnosis was incorrect: it appears that the NIC had
> PHY polling mode enabled, which meant that it overwrote the PHYs
> advertisement register during negotiation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>

The code in the 'net' tree has the linkmode_clear_bit() etc. changes
that were done to this driver, so the pause variable is not there
and the pause bits are adjusted using that helper.

Please respin this against current sources so that it actually
applies.

Thank you.