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| author | Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk> | 2023-10-16 17:43:03 +0200 |
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| committer | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2023-10-18 02:51:53 +0200 |
| commit | da5f6b80ad6417f7cf50d273c1c0ecb885e511e8 (patch) | |
| tree | c30b061111d117dc207c4ec8a680d80d2b493ce4 /Documentation/networking | |
| parent | net: fman: convert to .mac_get_caps() (diff) | |
| download | linux-da5f6b80ad6417f7cf50d273c1c0ecb885e511e8.tar.xz linux-da5f6b80ad6417f7cf50d273c1c0ecb885e511e8.zip | |
net: phylink: remove .validate() method
The MAC .validate() method is no longer used, so remove it from the
phylink_mac_ops structure, and remove the callsite in
phylink_validate_mac_and_pcs().
Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/E1qsPkF-009wij-QM@rmk-PC.armlinux.org.uk
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst | 5 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst b/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst index b069d34d7f5c..8054d33f449f 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/sfp-phylink.rst @@ -207,11 +207,6 @@ this documentation. capabilities for ``interface`` to determine the allowable ethtool link modes. - The :c:func:`validate` method should mask the supplied supported mask, - and ``state->advertising`` with the supported ethtool link modes. - These are the new ethtool link modes, so bitmask operations must be - used. For an example, see ``drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c``. - The :c:func:`mac_link_state` method is used to read the link state from the MAC, and report back the settings that the MAC is currently using. This is particularly important for in-band negotiation |