netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: pcs: lynx: fix lynx_pcs_link_up_sgmii() not doing anything in fixed-link mode

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Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2023 11:40:21 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
 kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, camelia.groza@....com,
 ioana.ciornei@....com, andrew@...n.ch, hkallweit1@...il.com,
 rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: pcs: lynx: fix lynx_pcs_link_up_sgmii() not
 doing anything in fixed-link mode

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Fri, 11 Aug 2023 14:53:52 +0300 you wrote:
> lynx_pcs_link_up_sgmii() is supposed to update the PCS speed and duplex
> for the non-inband operating modes, and prior to the blamed commit, it
> did just that, but a mistake sneaked into the conversion and reversed
> the condition.
> 
> It is easy for this to go undetected on platforms that also initialize
> the PCS in the bootloader, because Linux doesn't reset it (although
> maybe it should). The nature of the bug is that phylink will not touch
> the IF_MODE_HALF_DUPLEX | IF_MODE_SPEED_MSK fields when it should, and
> it will apparently keep working if the previous values set by the
> bootloader were correct.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] net: pcs: lynx: fix lynx_pcs_link_up_sgmii() not doing anything in fixed-link mode
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/2f4503f94c5d

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