phy_sanitize_settings() is called from phy_start_aneg() only, and only if phydev->autoneg isn't set. Therefore the removed code does nothing.
Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallwe...@gmail.com> --- drivers/net/phy/phy.c | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c index 5938c5acf..984de9872 100644 --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c @@ -214,10 +214,6 @@ static void phy_sanitize_settings(struct phy_device *phydev) { const struct phy_setting *setting; - /* Sanitize settings based on PHY capabilities */ - if (linkmode_test_bit(ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_Autoneg_BIT, phydev->supported)) - phydev->autoneg = AUTONEG_DISABLE; - setting = phy_find_valid(phydev->speed, phydev->duplex, phydev->supported); if (setting) { -- 2.21.0