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From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
To: Jan Hoffmann <jan@3e8.eu>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>,
	Markus Stockhausen <markus.stockhausen@gmx.de>,
	Damien Dejean <dam.dejean@gmail.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: phy: realtek: support MDI swapping for RTL8226-CG
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:38:02 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <acvOOnuc709EhdSo@shell.armlinux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260327202001.413280-1-jan@3e8.eu>

On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 08:32:28PM +0100, Jan Hoffmann wrote:
> +static int rtl8226_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = rtl8226_config_mdi_order(phydev);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;

As I've been pointing out in other patches, putting this "defaulting"
here is not a good idea - this path gets called when the PHY is attached
to the netdev and also when the PHY is being resumed - which will wipe
out the user's configuration just because their system suspended.

I don't think that gives the user a good experience.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-31 13:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20260327202001.413280-1-jan@3e8.eu>
2026-03-31 13:24 ` [PATCH net-next v2] net: phy: realtek: support MDI swapping for RTL8226-CG Paolo Abeni
2026-03-31 13:38 ` Russell King (Oracle) [this message]
2026-04-03 18:49   ` Jan Hoffmann

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