netdev - Re: [PATCH] amd-xgbe: add module param for auto negotiation

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Date:   Tue, 07 Jul 2020 13:10:00 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     ssundark@....com
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, Shyam-sundar.S-k@....com, thomas.lendacky@....com,
        kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] amd-xgbe: add module param for auto negotiation

From: Shyam Sundar S K <ssundark@....com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 00:31:25 +0530

> Agree to your feedback. Most of the information required to control
> the connection is already present in the
> 
> driver and this piece of information is missing. Customers who run a
> minimal Linux do not have the flexibility

This is not a valid argument.  We have specific APIs for configuring
the link, do not add new ways of doing so.

Thank you.