Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v2 5/8] net: intel: i40e/igc: Remove setting Autoneg in EEE capabilities

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On 2/14/2024 3:13 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> Energy Efficient Ethernet should always be negotiated with the link
> peer. Don't include SUPPORTED_Autoneg in the results of get_eee() for
> supported, advertised or lp_advertised, since it is
> assumed. Additionally, ethtool(1) ignores the set bit, and no other
> driver sets this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
> ---

I checked the git blame for both igc, and i40e both in-tree and in our
out-of-tree drivers which have this code. There is no explanation given
and it was just part of the original commits for implementing EEE
support for these two drivers.

I can't find any trace of a justification for this.

Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx>




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