Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Don't force link when using in-band-status

[Russell King - ARM Linux admin]

On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 04:45:56PM +1300, Chris Packham wrote:
> When a port is configured with 'managed = "in-band-status"' don't force
> the link up, the switch MAC will detect the link status correctly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>

I thought we had issues with the 88E6390 where the PCS does not
update the MAC with its results. Isn't this going to break the
6390? Andrew?

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