netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: improve MAC EEE handling

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Message-ID: <cf43702b-e743-44a2-8398-427dccdcdbc1@lunn.ch>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 01:26:37 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: improve MAC EEE handling

On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 08:37:53AM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> Let phydev->enable_tx_lpi control whether MAC enables TX LPI, instead of
> enabling it unconditionally. This way TX LPI is disabled if e.g. link
> partner doesn't support EEE. This helps to avoid potential issues like
> link flaps.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew