[PATCH net-next 2/2] net: phy: Introduce Airoha AN8801/R Gigabit Ethernet PHY driver

[Andrew Lunn]

> > You configure the PHY to support downshift. If it has performed a
> > downshift, does it report the actual speed in the usual registers
> > read
> > by genphy_read_status(), or is it necessary to read a vendor
> > register?
> >From the tests I've done, I got the actual speed read correctly by
> genphy_read_status function.
> I did a test by adding in this function the vendor register reading at
> the same time and comparing it and did not get a discrepancy too when
> switching with ethtool between different speed configurations.
> 
> Would it be more reliable to use the vendor register instead?

It is unusual to report the actually speed in BMSR etc, which is why i
asked. But if it works, this is fine.

       Andrew