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Date:   Thu, 5 May 2022 15:05:16 +0200
From:   Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v6 03/11] leds: trigger: netdev: drop
 NETDEV_LED_MODE_LINKUP from mode
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On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 01:25:31AM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Tue, May 03, 2022 at 05:16:25PM +0200, Ansuel Smith wrote:
> > Drop NETDEV_LED_MODE_LINKUP from mode list and convert to a simple bool
> > that will be true or false based on the carrier link. No functional
> > change intended.
> 
> What is missing from the commit message is an explanation why?
> 
>      Andrew

Will add the reason.
Just in case it doesn't make sense...
The reason is that putting a state in the mode bitmap doesn't look
correct. It's ""acceptable"" if we have only 3 state (rx, tx and link).
It become problematic when we start to have 7 modes and a link up state
should be handled differently.

Does it make sense?

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	Ansuel