netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Only reconfigure MAC when something changes

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Date:   Fri, 19 Apr 2019 14:15:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     andrew@...n.ch
Cc:     vivien.didelot@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Only reconfigure MAC
 when something changes

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 03:11:39 +0200

> phylink will call the mac_config() callback once per second when
> polling a PHY or a fixed link. The MAC driver is not supposed to
> reconfigure the MAC if nothing has changed.
> 
> Make the mv88e6xxx driver look at the current configuration of the
> port, and return early if nothing has changed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

Applied, thanks Andrew.