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SubjectRe: [PATCH] linkstate: Add macros for link state up/down
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Hey Andrew,

On 06-09-2022 14:18, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 10:37:54AM +0200, Olliver Schinagl wrote:
>> The phylink_link_state.state property can be up or down, via 1 and 0.
>>
>> The other link state's (speed, duplex) are defined in ethtool.h so lets
>> add defines for the link-state there as well so we can use macro's to
>> define our up/down states.
> Hi Olliver
>
> The change itself is fine, but we don't add to the API without
> users. Please make use of these two new values somewhere, to show they
> are really useful.
>
> Andrew

I actually ran into this need as I'm working on the realtek switch stuff
over on openwrt, where I see link-states being set with 0/1. I'll search
the kernel for these as well if that helps and can do a follow up of course.

Olliver

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