ag71xx_wr(ag, AG71XX_REG_FIFO_CFG3, ag->fifodata[2]);
 }
 
-static void ag71xx_mac_validate(struct phylink_config *config,
-                           unsigned long *supported,
-                           struct phylink_link_state *state)
-{
-       __ETHTOOL_DECLARE_LINK_MODE_MASK(mask) = { 0, };
-
-       phylink_set(mask, MII);
-
-       phylink_set(mask, Pause);
-       phylink_set(mask, Asym_Pause);
-       phylink_set(mask, Autoneg);
-       phylink_set(mask, 10baseT_Half);
-       phylink_set(mask, 10baseT_Full);
-       phylink_set(mask, 100baseT_Half);
-       phylink_set(mask, 100baseT_Full);
-
-       if (state->interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII ||
-           state->interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII ||
-           state->interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_GMII) {
-               phylink_set(mask, 1000baseT_Full);
-               phylink_set(mask, 1000baseX_Full);
-       }
-
-       linkmode_and(supported, supported, mask);
-       linkmode_and(state->advertising, state->advertising, mask);
-}
-
 static void ag71xx_mac_pcs_get_state(struct phylink_config *config,
                                     struct phylink_link_state *state)
 {
 }
 
 static const struct phylink_mac_ops ag71xx_phylink_mac_ops = {
-       .validate = ag71xx_mac_validate,
+       .validate = phylink_generic_validate,
        .mac_pcs_get_state = ag71xx_mac_pcs_get_state,
        .mac_an_restart = ag71xx_mac_an_restart,
        .mac_config = ag71xx_mac_config,
 
        ag->phylink_config.dev = &ag->ndev->dev;
        ag->phylink_config.type = PHYLINK_NETDEV;
+       ag->phylink_config.mac_capabilities = MAC_SYM_PAUSE | MAC_ASYM_PAUSE |
+               MAC_10 | MAC_100 | MAC_1000FD;
 
        if ((ag71xx_is(ag, AR9330) && ag->mac_idx == 0) ||
            ag71xx_is(ag, AR9340) ||