netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: realtek: read actual speed to detect downshift

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Date:   Wed, 18 Mar 2020 17:06:16 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     hkallweit1@...il.com
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com, linux@...linux.org.uk,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: realtek: read actual speed to
 detect downshift

From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 23:07:24 +0100

> At least some integrated PHY's in RTL8168/RTL8125 chip versions support
> downshift, and the actual link speed can be read from a vendor-specific
> register. Info about this register was provided by Realtek.
> More details about downshift configuration (e.g. number of attempts)
> aren't available, therefore the downshift tunable is not implemented.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Applied, thanks Heiner.