netdev - Re: [PATCH] enetc: disable EEE autoneg by default

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Message-Id: <20191206.114814.1747507756122956444.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:48:14 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     yangbo.lu@....com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, claudiu.manoil@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] enetc: disable EEE autoneg by default

From: Yangbo Lu <yangbo.lu@....com>
Date: Fri,  6 Dec 2019 17:53:35 +0800

> The EEE support has not been enabled on ENETC, but it may connect
> to a PHY which supports EEE and advertises EEE by default, while
> its link partner also advertises EEE. If this happens, the PHY enters
> low power mode when the traffic rate is low and causes packet loss.
> This patch disables EEE advertisement by default for any PHY that
> ENETC connects to, to prevent the above unwanted outcome.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yangbo Lu <yangbo.lu@....com>

Applied, thanks.