Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove 1000/Half from supported modes

[Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>]

On 28.05.2019 19:40, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 5/28/19 9:43 AM, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
>> MAC on the GBit versions supports 1000/Full only, however the PHY
>> partially claims to support 1000/Half. So let's explicitly remove
>> this mode.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
> 
> Don't you want a Fixes: tag for that?
> 
I'm not aware of any problem caused by that. And according to what
I've read 1000/Half has been specified but never really been used.
So it should be sufficient to treat this as an improvement.

>> ---
>>  drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c | 5 ++++-
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
>> index 61e7eef5e..0239a3de2 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
>> @@ -6397,7 +6397,10 @@ static int r8169_phy_connect(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
>>  	if (ret)
>>  		return ret;
>>  
>> -	if (!tp->supports_gmii)
>> +	if (tp->supports_gmii)
>> +		phy_remove_link_mode(phydev,
>> +				     ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_1000baseT_Half_BIT);
>> +	else
>>  		phy_set_max_speed(phydev, SPEED_100);
>>  
>>  	phy_support_asym_pause(phydev);
>>
> 
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