netdev - Re: [PATCH net 5/6] net: hns3: fix wrong print link down up

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Message-ID: <f256ba6b-b0e7-333a-10a7-57b73892d626@huawei.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 20:25:58 +0800
From: Jijie Shao <shaojijie@...wei.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
CC: <shaojijie@...wei.com>, <yisen.zhuang@...wei.com>,
	<salil.mehta@...wei.com>, <davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	<kuba@...nel.org>, <pabeni@...hat.com>, <shenjian15@...wei.com>,
	<wangjie125@...wei.com>, <liuyonglong@...wei.com>, <wangpeiyang1@...wei.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net 5/6] net: hns3: fix wrong print link down up


on 2023/10/17 21:59, Andrew Lunn wrote
> I still think this is totally valid and correct.
>
> When you turn auto-neg off the link partner is going to react to that,
> it might drop the link. After a while, the link partner will give up
> trying to perform auto-neg and might fall back to 10/Half. At which
> point, the link might allow traffic flow. However, in this example,
> you have a duplex mis-match, so it might not work correctly.
>
> Turning off auto-neg is something you need to do at both ends, and you
> need to then force both ends to the same settings. Link down is
> expected. I would actually be suppressed if no link down events were
> reported.
>
> 	Andrew

Hi Andrew,
Thank you for your comments, we are re-evaluating this issue and may drop this patch.

Regards
Jijie