Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/1] net: sxgbe: rework EEE handling based on PHY negotiation

[Andrew Lunn]

> ... and given this, I ask again: should there be a generic
> software-timer EEE implementation so we're not having to patch multiple
> drivers for the same bug(s).

Probably there should be. But given how little resources we have, i'm
not sure it will ever get done.

Is there anything special in the stmmac code? Workarounds for stmmac
peculiarities? Could it be pulled out? Given you have looked at it,
and fixed it up, it seems like the obvious candidate for code
donation.

Maybe we need to ask the next developer who submits a MAC driver with
a software-timer EEE implementation to build the library?

	Andrew