netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: stmmac: call phylink_start() and phylink

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Message-ID: <20250416153758.3f0b7dfc@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 15:37:58 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
 Alexandre Torgue <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>, Andrew Lunn
 <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric
 Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com, Maxime Coquelin
 <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Abeni
 <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: stmmac: call phylink_start() and
 phylink_stop() in XDP functions

On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 19:03:19 +0100 Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> "This change will have the side effect of printing link messages to
> the kernel log, even though the physical link hasn't changed state.
> This matches the carrier state."

So I did misunderstand. I thought we lose physical link. This paragraph
looks good, then, it'd correct my guess.