Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/1] net: phy: realtek: add MDI-X support for RTL8365MB-VC

[Linus Walleij]

On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 11:20 AM Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Add MDI-X configuration and status reporting for the RTL8365MB-VC internal
> PHYs. Without a driver hook genphy cannot reach the chip's crossover
> control register, so forcing MDI/MDI-X with "ethtool -s <dev> mdix on|off"
> is a no-op and "ethtool <dev>" cannot report the resolved MDI-X state on
> this PHY.
>
> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

 Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yours,
Linus Walleij