Re: [PATCH net 6/6] net: phy: vitesse: repair vsc73xx autonegotiation

From: Paweł Dembicki
Date: Fri Aug 02 2024 - 16:40:54 EST


pt., 2 sie 2024 o 15:03 Russell King (Oracle) <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
napisał(a):
>
> On Fri, Aug 02, 2024 at 10:04:03AM +0200, Pawel Dembicki wrote:
> > When the vsc73xx mdio bus work properly, the generic autonegotiation
> > configuration works well.
> >
> > Vsc73xx have auto MDI-X disabled by default in forced mode. This commit
> > enables it.
>
> Why not implement proper MDI(-X) configuration support so that the user
> can configure it as desired?
>

This approach is a copy of an idea from other PHYs in the 'vitesse' driver.
I can implement MDI(-X) configuration and status.
But the question is: Should I do it in this patch series or send a
separate patch to net-next after this series gets merged?