Re: [PATCH net v2] net: bcmgenet: use MAC link status for fixed phy

From: David Miller
Date: Sat Sep 01 2018 - 01:59:33 EST


From: Doug Berger <opendmb@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:27:49 -0700

> When using the fixed PHY with GENET (e.g. MOCA) the PHY link
> status can be determined from the internal link status captured
> by the MAC. This allows the PHY state machine to use the correct
> link state with the fixed PHY even if MAC link event interrupts
> are missed when the net device is opened.
>
> Fixes: 8d88c6ebb34c ("net: bcmgenet: enable MoCA link state change detection")
> Signed-off-by: Doug Berger <opendmb@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: increased "Fixes" sha1 to 12 digits

This doesn't apply cleanly to the net tree.