Re: [PATCH net v2] net: phy: phy_ethtool_ksettings_set: Don't discard phy_start_aneg's return

On 11/8/21 11:02 AM, Benedikt Spranger wrote:

On Mon, 8 Nov 2021 19:01:23 +0100
Heiner Kallweit [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

If we would like to support PHY's that don't support all MDI modes
then supposedly this would require to add ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE bits for
the MDI modes. Then we could use the generic mechanism to check the
bits in the "supported" bitmap.

The things are even worse:
The chip supports only auto-MDIX at Gigabit and force MDI and
auto-MDIX in 10/100 modes. No force MDIX at all.

Yes that appears to be correct from my reading of the 53125 datasheet.
Force MDI-X is optional anyway AFAICT
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Florian