Re: [PATCH net-next v1] net: phy: tja11xx: execute cable test on link up

[Andrew Lunn]

On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 09:42:18PM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> A typical 100Base-T1 link should be always connected. If the link is in
> a shot or open state, it is a failure. In most cases, we won't be able
> to automatically handle this issue, but we need to log it or notify user
> (if possible).
> 
> With this patch, the cable will be tested on "ip l s dev .. up" attempt
> and send ethnl notification to the user space.
> 
> This patch was tested with TJA1102 PHY and "ethtool --monitor" command.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>

    Andrew