netdev - Re: [PATCH net v4 0/3] net: phy: smsc: use IRQ + relaxed polling to fix missed link-up

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Message-ID: <20250716172043.195dd86c@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 17:20:43 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>, Heiner Kallweit
 <hkallweit1@...il.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric
 Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 kernel@...gutronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Russell King
 <linux@...linux.org.uk>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, Andre Edich
 <andre.edich@...rochip.com>, Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v4 0/3] net: phy: smsc: use IRQ + relaxed polling to
 fix missed link-up

On Mon, 14 Jul 2025 11:52:37 +0200 Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> This series makes the SMSC LAN8700 (as used in LAN9512 and similar USB
> adapters) reliable again in configurations where it is forced to 10 Mb/s
> and the link partner still advertises autonegotiation.
> 
> In this scenario, the PHY may miss the final link-up interrupt, causing
> the network interface to remain down even though a valid link is
> present.

Could we get a PHY maintainer ack on these (especially patch 2)?