netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: phylink: set the autoneg state in phylink_phy

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Date:   Sat, 15 Jun 2019 23:13:28 +0100
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     ioana.ciornei@....com, andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        hkallweit1@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phylink: set the autoneg state in phylink_phy_change

On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 01:30:21PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 09:37:51 +0300
> 
> > The phy_state field of phylink should carry only valid information
> > especially when this can be passed to the .mac_config callback.
> > Update the an_enabled field with the autoneg state in the
> > phylink_phy_change function.
> > 
> > Fixes: 9525ae83959b ("phylink: add phylink infrastructure")
> > Signed-off-by: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
> 
> Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.

This is not a fix; it is an attempt to make phylink work differently
from how it's been designed for the dpaa2 driver.  I've already stated
that this field is completely meaningless, so I'm surprised you
applied it.

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