Re: [PATCH net v2 2/2] net: stmmac: move fixed-link support fixup code

[Andrew Lunn]

On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 03:02:08PM +0800, Michael Sit Wei Hong wrote:
> xpcs_an_inband value is updated in the speed_mode_2500 function
> which turns on the xpcs_an_inband mode.
> 
> Moving the fixed-link fixup code to right before phylink setup to
> ensure no more fixup will affect the fixed-link mode configurations.

Please could you explain why this is correct, when you could simple
not set priv->plat->mdio_bus_data->xpcs_an_inband = true;
in intel_speed_mode_2500()?

This all seems like hacks, rather than a clean design.

     Andrew