On 31.03.2019 16:58, Andrew Lunn wrote: >> - In auto-neg case, skip populating lp_advertising if we >> don't have a link. This avoids quite some unnecessary >> MDIO reads in case of phylib polling mode. > > Hi Heiner > > Could it be that we don't have a link because what the partner is > advertising does not intersect with what we are advertising? > Interesting point. Yes, I think I missed that scenario.
> Hence knowing what it is adverting is actually useful in this case? > > Andrew > Heiner
