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

From: David Miller
Date: Wed Aug 29 2018 - 22:52:28 EST


From: Doug Berger <opendmb@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:33:15 -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: 8d88c6e ("net: bcmgenet: enable MoCA link state change detection")
> Signed-off-by: Doug Berger <opendmb@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied with fixed Fixes: tag SHA1-ID and queued up for -stable.