# Re: mv88e6240 configuration broken for B850v3

- From: Vladimir Oltean \<olteanv@gmail.com\>
- Date: 2021-12-06 20:29:12 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2021/12/11218041
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2021/12/11217780/t.md

```text
On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 08:18:30PM +0000, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> Phylink does *not* guarantee that a call to mac_link_up() or
> mac_config() will have the same "mode" as a preceeding call to
> mac_link_down(), in the same way that "interface" is not guaranteed.
> This has been true for as long as we've had SFPs that need to switch
> between MLO_AN_INBAND and MLO_AN_PHY - e.g. because the PHY doesn't
> supply in-band information.
> 
> So, this has uncovered a latent bug in the Marvell DSA code - and
> that is that mac_config() needs to take care of the forcing state
> after completing its configuration as I suggested in my previous
> reply.

I can understand between MLO_AN_INBAND and MLO_AN_PHY, but isn't it
reasonable that a "fixed" link is "fixed" and doesn't change?
After all, it's in the name. The mv88e6xxx code doesn't appear
necessarily problematic. This issue could crop up again and again with
other drivers.
```