Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 04/12] net: ethernet: Use phy_set_max_speed() to limit advertised speed

From: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 19:33:33 +0100

On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 12:40:25PM +0200, Anssi Hannula wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 12.9.2018 2:53, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > Many Ethernet MAC drivers want to limit the PHY to only advertise a
> > maximum speed of 100Mbs or 1Gbps. Rather than using a mask, make use
> > of the helper function phy_set_max_speed().
> 
> But what if the PHY does not support 1Gbps in the first place?

Yes, you are correct. __set_phy_supported() needs modifying to take
into account what the PHY can do.

Thanks for pointing this out. I will take a look.

       Andrew