[PATCH net-next v12 09/18] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: Fix link status for none-SGMII modes

[Russell King (Oracle)]

On Tue, Mar 07, 2023 at 03:54:11PM +0000, Daniel Golle wrote:
> Link partner advertised link modes are not reported by the SerDes
> hardware if not operating in SGMII mode. Hence we cannot use
> phylink_mii_c22_pcs_decode_state() in this case.
> Implement reporting link and an_complete only and use speed according to
> the interface mode.
> 
> Fixes: 14a44ab0330d ("net: mtk_eth_soc: partially convert to phylink_pcs")
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel at makrotopia.org>

This has been proven to work by Frank Wunderlich last October, so by
making this change, you will be regressing his setup.

What are you testing against? Have you proven independently that the
link partner is indeed sending a valid advertisement for the LPA
register to be filled in?

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