Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: phy_remove_link_mode should not advertise new modes

From: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 21:01:16 +0200

> Is 
> 
> Case C: driver does not initialize advertised at all and depends on
>         phy_remove_link_mode() to do it
> 
> possible?

No. phylib initializes advertise to supported as part of probing the
PHY. So the PHY by default advertises everything it supports, except
the oddities of Pause.

    Andrew