netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: fix autoneg mismatch case in genphy_read

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Date:   Tue, 2 Apr 2019 22:40:03 +0200
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: fix autoneg mismatch case in
 genphy_read_status

On Tue, Apr 02, 2019 at 08:43:30PM +0200, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> The original patch didn't consider the case that autoneg process
> finishes successfully but both link partners have no mode in common.
> In this case there's no link, nevertheless we may be interested in
> what the link partner advertised.
> 
> Like phydev->link we set phydev->autoneg_complete in
> genphy_update_link() and use the stored value in genphy_read_status().
> This way we don't have to read register BMSR again.
> 
> Fixes: b6163f194c69 ("net: phy: improve genphy_read_status")
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

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

    Andrew