RE: [RFC net-next 6/8] net: phylink: Configure MAC/PCS when link is up without PHY

From: Jose Abreu
Date: Mon Jan 27 2020 - 06:38:19 EST


From: Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Jan/27/2020, 11:21:02 (UTC+00:00)

> On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 12:09:11PM +0100, Jose Abreu wrote:
> > When we don't have any real PHY driver connected and we get link up from
> > PCS we shall configure MAC and PCS for the desired speed and also
> > resolve the flow control settings from MAC side.
>
> This is certainly the wrong place for it. Please hold off on this patch
> for the time being. Thanks.

This is actually the change that makes everything work ...

I need to configure PCS before Aneg is complete and then I need to
configure MAC once Aneg is done and link is up with the outcome speed and
flow control.

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Thanks,
Jose Miguel Abreu