Re: [PATCH] linkstate: Add macros for link state up/down

[Olliver Schinagl]

Hey Andrew,

On 06-09-2022 14:18, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 10:37:54AM +0200, Olliver Schinagl wrote:
> > The phylink_link_state.state property can be up or down, via 1 and 0.
> >
> > The other link state's (speed, duplex) are defined in ethtool.h so lets
> > add defines for the link-state there as well so we can use macro's to
> > define our up/down states.
> Hi Olliver
>
> The change itself is fine, but we don't add to the API without
> users. Please make use of these two new values somewhere, to show they
> are really useful.
>
>      Andrew

I actually ran into this need as I'm working on the realtek switch stuff 
over on openwrt, where I see link-states being set with 0/1. I'll search 
the kernel for these as well if that helps and can do a follow up of course.

Olliver