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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Raju Lakkaraju <Raju.Lakkaraju@microsemi.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
	f.fainelli@gmail.com, Allan.Nielsen@microsemi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: phy: Add Speed downshift set driver for Microsemi PHYs.
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 14:12:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161014121232.GH5822@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1476445233-26524-2-git-send-email-Raju.Lakkaraju@microsemi.com>

On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 05:10:32PM +0530, Raju Lakkaraju wrote:
> From: Raju Lakkaraju <Raju.Lakkaraju@microsemi.com>
> 
> For operation in cabling environments that are incompatible with
> 1000BAST-T, VSC8531 device provides an automatic link speed
> downshift operation. When enabled, the device automatically changes
> its 1000BAST-T auto-negotiation to the next slower speed after
> a configured number of failed attempts at 1000BAST-T.
> This feature is useful in setting up in networks using older cable
> installations that include only pairs A and B, and not pairs C and D.

Any reason not to just turn this on by default when auto-neg is
enabled?

	Andrew

  reply	other threads:[~2016-10-14 12:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-10-14 11:40 [PATCH net-next 0/2] net: phy: Add Downshift, FLF2 drivers for Microsemi Raju Lakkaraju
     [not found] ` <1476445233-26524-1-git-send-email-Raju.Lakkaraju-dzo6w/eZyo2tG0bUXCXiUA@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-14 11:40   ` [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: phy: Add Speed downshift set driver for Microsemi PHYs Raju Lakkaraju
2016-10-14 12:12     ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2016-10-17  7:31       ` Raju Lakkaraju
2016-10-17 12:38         ` Florian Fainelli
2016-10-18 10:41           ` Raju Lakkaraju
     [not found]     ` <1476445233-26524-2-git-send-email-Raju.Lakkaraju-dzo6w/eZyo2tG0bUXCXiUA@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-18 14:24       ` Rob Herring
2016-10-14 11:40 ` [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: phy: Add Fast Link Failure - 2 " Raju Lakkaraju
2016-10-14 12:02   ` Andrew Lunn
2016-10-17  8:13     ` Raju Lakkaraju
     [not found]       ` <20161017081312.GB2365-dzo6w/eZyo2tG0bUXCXiUA@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-17 12:51         ` Florian Fainelli
     [not found]           ` <838C6202-9B7D-4AFA-B163-55515044FA4F-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-18 10:34             ` Raju Lakkaraju
     [not found]               ` <20161018103413.GA31087-dzo6w/eZyo2tG0bUXCXiUA@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-18 10:58                 ` Andrew Lunn
2016-10-18 11:31                   ` Raju Lakkaraju
     [not found]                     ` <20161018113043.GA19357-dzo6w/eZyo2tG0bUXCXiUA@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-18 11:49                       ` Andrew Lunn

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