Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/3] net: phy: marvell10g: implement suspend/resume callbacks

[David Miller]

From: Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri,  1 Mar 2019 12:00:44 +0100

> This series implements the suspend/resume callbacks in the marvell10g
> PHY driver:
> 
> - When the PHY isn't used, it is set in low power mode.
> - At boot time we might now know the PHY status (as it's depending on
>   the hardware configuration, or on what the previous stages
>   configured), it is forced in low power.
> 
> Doing this prevents a PHY which was initialized in a previous stage from
> negotiating with the link partner when a local port is down. If the PHY
> isn't shutdown when a port is not used, the link partner's PHY may
> report the link being up while it's not.

Looks like this needs some more discussion and Russell has some
concerns still.

So deferring to the next merge window, sorry.