Re: [PATCH RFC net-next] net: pcs: pcs-mtk-lynxi fix mtk_pcs_lynxi_get_state() for 2500base-x

[Eric Woudstra]

I believe the general idea is that phylink should be aware wether to use inband or outband negotiation in order to setup the hardware correctly. Speaking of a situation where there is a PHY attached.

On January 2, 2024 9:01:23 PM GMT+01:00, Daniel Golle <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On Tue, Jan 02, 2024 at 08:33:32PM +0100, Eric Woudstra wrote:
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>> So if phylink_mii_c22_pcs_decode_state() should not set the speed, then it is not correctly set somewhere else.
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>Yes, but the fix should go to pcs-mtk-lynxi.c and you don't need to
>change phylink for it to work.
>This should be enough:
>https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/patch/091e466912f1333bb76d23e95dc6019c9b71645f.1699565880.git.daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
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