netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dlink: count tx_dropped when dropping skb on link down

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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:46:19 +0900
From: Moon Yeounsu <yyyynoom@...il.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, 
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dlink: count tx_dropped when dropping skb
 on link down

On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 10:44 PM Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch> wrote:
>
> You might want to consider converting this driver to phylink.
>
>           Andrew
One more note: I’ve started looking into phylink based on your suggestion,
and I appreciate you pointing me to that keyword.

It seems useful not only for this issue, but also for improving
the driver more generally.

Thanks for the pointer.