netdev - Re: [RFC/RFT 02/23] net: phylink: Plumb eee_active in mac_link

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Message-ID: <ZCHZHY4/47bXoJsj@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date:   Mon, 27 Mar 2023 18:57:49 +0100
From:   "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC/RFT 02/23] net: phylink: Plumb eee_active in mac_link_up
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On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 07:01:40PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> MAC drivers need to know the result of the auto negotiation of Energy
> Efficient Ethernet. This is a simple boolean, it should be active or
> not in the MAC. Extend the mac_link_up call to pass this.
> 
> Currently the correct value should be passed, however no MAC drivers
> have been modified to actually use it. Yet.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

Reviewed-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>

Thanks!

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