PHY_STATE_STR(UP)
        PHY_STATE_STR(RUNNING)
        PHY_STATE_STR(NOLINK)
-       PHY_STATE_STR(FORCING)
        PHY_STATE_STR(HALTED)
        }
 
        if (err < 0)
                goto out_unlock;
 
-       if (phy_is_started(phydev)) {
-               if (phydev->autoneg == AUTONEG_ENABLE) {
-                       err = phy_check_link_status(phydev);
-               } else {
-                       phydev->state = PHY_FORCING;
-                       phydev->link_timeout = PHY_FORCE_TIMEOUT;
-               }
-       }
-
+       if (phy_is_started(phydev))
+               err = phy_check_link_status(phydev);
 out_unlock:
        mutex_unlock(&phydev->lock);
 
        case PHY_RUNNING:
                err = phy_check_link_status(phydev);
                break;
-       case PHY_FORCING:
-               err = genphy_update_link(phydev);
-               if (err)
-                       break;
-
-               if (phydev->link) {
-                       phydev->state = PHY_RUNNING;
-                       phy_link_up(phydev);
-               } else {
-                       if (0 == phydev->link_timeout--)
-                               needs_aneg = true;
-                       phy_link_down(phydev, false);
-               }
-               break;
        case PHY_HALTED:
                if (phydev->link) {
                        phydev->link = 0;
 
  * - irq or timer will set RUNNING if link comes back
  * - phy_stop moves to HALTED
  *
- * FORCING: PHY is being configured with forced settings
- * - if link is up, move to RUNNING
- * - If link is down, we drop to the next highest setting, and
- *   retry (FORCING) after a timeout
- * - phy_stop moves to HALTED
- *
  * RUNNING: PHY is currently up, running, and possibly sending
  * and/or receiving packets
  * - irq or timer will set NOLINK if link goes down
        PHY_UP,
        PHY_RUNNING,
        PHY_NOLINK,
-       PHY_FORCING,
 };
 
 /**
  * loopback_enabled: Set true if this phy has been loopbacked successfully.
  * state: state of the PHY for management purposes
  * dev_flags: Device-specific flags used by the PHY driver.
- * link_timeout: The number of timer firings to wait before the
- * giving up on the current attempt at acquiring a link
  * irq: IRQ number of the PHY's interrupt (-1 if none)
  * phy_timer: The timer for handling the state machine
  * attached_dev: The attached enet driver's device instance ptr
        /* Energy efficient ethernet modes which should be prohibited */
        u32 eee_broken_modes;
 
-       int link_timeout;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_LED_TRIGGER_PHY
        struct phy_led_trigger *phy_led_triggers;
        unsigned int phy_num_led_triggers;