On 06.06.2019 03:42, David Miller wrote:
> From: Robert Hancock <hanc...@sedsystems.ca>
> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2019 16:15:01 -0600
>
>> Add 1000BaseX to the link modes which are detected based on the
>> MII_ESTATUS register as per 802.3 Clause 22. This allows PHYs which
>> support 1000BaseX to work properly with drivers using phylink.
>>
>> Previously 1000BaseX support was not detected, and if that was the only
>> mode the PHY indicated support for, phylink would refuse to attach it
>> due to the list of supported modes being empty.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Robert Hancock <hanc...@sedsystems.ca>
>
> Andrew/Florian/Heiner, is there a reason we left out the handling of these
> ESTATUS bits?
>
>
I can only guess here:
In the beginning phylib took care of BaseT modes only. Once drivers for
BaseX modes were added the authors dealt with it in the drivers directly
instead of extending the core.
