Merge branch 'net-phy-improve-and-simplify-phylib-state-machine'
authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 8 Nov 2018 23:02:06 +0000 (15:02 -0800)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 8 Nov 2018 23:02:06 +0000 (15:02 -0800)
commit80b6265c0f4c2bdafb73f09da9f278a8b3752928
tree4ff3c142089c9966cb1bc30545c0808fed105f41
parent5867b330140518ad73507f0be98d89636b91bf5f
parentc8e977bab363006e5f5291ebf34ee5293cfb8515
Merge branch 'net-phy-improve-and-simplify-phylib-state-machine'

Heiner Kallweit says:

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net: phy: improve and simplify phylib state machine

This patch series is based on two axioms:

- During autoneg a PHY always reports the link being down

- Info in clause 22/45 registers doesn't allow to differentiate between
  these two states:
  1. Link is physically down
  2. A link partner is connected and PHY is autonegotiating
  In both cases "link up" and "aneg finished" bits aren't set.
  One consequence is that having separate states PHY_NOLINK and PHY_AN
  isn't needed.

By using these two axioms the state machine can be significantly
simplified.
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>