Re: [PATCH net-next v5 0/5] ethtool: introduce PHY MSE diagnostics UAPI and drivers

[Oleksij Rempel]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2025 at 07:18:46PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Mon,  8 Sep 2025 14:46:05 +0200 Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> >  In practice, such scenarios can only be investigated in
> > fixed-link mode; here, MSE can provide an empirically estimated value
> > indicating conditions under which autonegotiation would not succeed.
> 
> Does fixed-link make sense here? I thought fixed-link meant MAC-to-MAC
> in most contexts

Ah.. sorry, i mean forced link, without auoneg enabled.

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