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| author | Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk> | 2019-02-22 11:31:41 +0000 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2019-02-24 12:39:45 -0800 |
| commit | 0e29ae0303224535017c0c01aa8b078dd619ebab (patch) | |
| tree | fe64841482ca8e5abd8482433483f9f7022696b8 /include | |
| parent | c2f26e8f8788dbd911692d983a3ece83d7d66fbb (diff) | |
net: phylink: update mac_config() documentation
A detail for mac_config() had been missed in the documentation for the
method - it is expected that the method will update the MAC to the
settings, rather than completely reprogram the MAC on each call.
Update the documentation for this method for this detail.
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/phylink.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/phylink.h b/include/linux/phylink.h index f57059e4353f..6411c624f63a 100644 --- a/include/linux/phylink.h +++ b/include/linux/phylink.h @@ -149,6 +149,13 @@ int mac_link_state(struct net_device *ndev, * configuration word. Nothing is advertised by the MAC. The MAC is * responsible for reading the configuration word and configuring * itself accordingly. + * + * Implementations are expected to update the MAC to reflect the + * requested settings - i.o.w., if nothing has changed between two + * calls, no action is expected. If only flow control settings have + * changed, flow control should be updated *without* taking the link + * down. This "update" behaviour is critical to avoid bouncing the + * link up status. */ void mac_config(struct net_device *ndev, unsigned int mode, const struct phylink_link_state *state); |