Re: [PATCH net-next v9 0/7] r8169: add support for phylink

From: Andrew Lunn

Date: Wed Sep 02 2026 - 10:39:09 EST


On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 01:37:38PM +0800, javen wrote:
> From: Javen Xu <javen_xu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This series patch adds support for phylink. RTL8116af is a fiber mode
> card, link status and speed can not be read from standard phy reg. So
> we read link status and speed from serdes reg by pcs. So as RTL8127atf.

I think there is still too much code accessing the PHY, but lets get
this merged, so it is easier to see what is left, and figure out how
it can be cleaned up.

Andrew