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Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 17:05:35 +0200 From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com> To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> 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: improve genphy_read_status On 31.03.2019 16:58, Andrew Lunn wrote: >> - In auto-neg case, skip populating lp_advertising if we >> don't have a link. This avoids quite some unnecessary >> MDIO reads in case of phylib polling mode. > > Hi Heiner > > Could it be that we don't have a link because what the partner is > advertising does not intersect with what we are advertising? > Interesting point. Yes, I think I missed that scenario. > Hence knowing what it is adverting is actually useful in this case? > > Andrew > Heiner
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