Re: [PATCH net-master 1/1] net: phy: dp83867: Add speed optimization feature

[Dan Murphy]

Jakub

On 1/31/20 11:10 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Jan 2020 09:11:10 -0600, Dan Murphy wrote:
> > Set the speed optimization bit on the DP83867 PHY.
> > This feature can also be strapped on the 64 pin PHY devices
> > but the 48 pin devices do not have the strap pin available to enable
> > this feature in the hardware.  PHY team suggests to have this bit set.
> >
> > With this bit set the PHY will auto negotiate and report the link
> > parameters in the PHYSTS register and not in the BMCR.  So we need to
> > over ride the genphy_read_status with a DP83867 specific read status.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dan Murphy <dmurphy@xxxxxx>
> While we wait for the PHY folk to take a look, could you please
> provide a Fixes tag?

Hmm. This is not a bug fix though this is a new feature being added.

Not sure what it would be fixing.

Dan