Re: [PATCH net 1/3] net: phylink: allow stopping a suspended instance

[Andrew Lunn]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2026 at 10:54:02AM -0600, James Hilliard wrote:
> A MAC which cannot restore its hardware after system sleep may need to
> close the network device instead of calling phylink_resume().

You need to explain this in more detail. It sounds like you are
pushing a workaround for a broken MAC into the core of phylink. This
is generally wrong.

	Andrew