Re: [PATCH net-next] net: spacemit: Clarify stat timeout comments and messages

[Andrew Lunn]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 12:19:23PM +0800, Vivian Wang wrote:
> Someone did run into this timeout in the wild [1], and it turns out to
> be related to the PHY reference clock stopping.
> 
> Improve the comments and error message prints around this to reflect the
> better understanding of how this could happen. This patch doesn't fix
> the problem, but should direct anyone running into it in the future to
> know it is probably a PHY problem, and have a better idea what to do.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260119141620.1318102-1-amadeus@xxxxxxxxxx/ # [1]
> Signed-off-by: Vivian Wang <wangruikang@xxxxxxxxxxx>

It is not clear cut, but i think this could be useful in stable. It is
not actually fixing a problem which bothers people, which is the
criteria for stable, but it is pointing people towards the solution to
a problem which will bother people. And since it is mostly comments,
it is safe.

Please add a Fixes tag for when the driver was added, and base it on
net.

    Andrew

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