return false;
 }
 
-static void sparx5_phylink_validate(struct phylink_config *config,
-                                   unsigned long *supported,
-                                   struct phylink_link_state *state)
-{
-       __ETHTOOL_DECLARE_LINK_MODE_MASK(mask) = { 0, };
-
-       phylink_set(mask, Autoneg);
-       phylink_set_port_modes(mask);
-       phylink_set(mask, Pause);
-       phylink_set(mask, Asym_Pause);
-
-       switch (state->interface) {
-       case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_5GBASER:
-               phylink_set(mask, 5000baseT_Full);
-               break;
-
-       case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_10GBASER:
-               phylink_set(mask, 10000baseT_Full);
-               phylink_set(mask, 10000baseCR_Full);
-               phylink_set(mask, 10000baseSR_Full);
-               phylink_set(mask, 10000baseLR_Full);
-               phylink_set(mask, 10000baseLRM_Full);
-               phylink_set(mask, 10000baseER_Full);
-               break;
-
-       case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_25GBASER:
-               phylink_set(mask, 25000baseCR_Full);
-               phylink_set(mask, 25000baseSR_Full);
-               break;
-
-       case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII:
-       case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_QSGMII:
-               phylink_set(mask, 10baseT_Half);
-               phylink_set(mask, 10baseT_Full);
-               phylink_set(mask, 100baseT_Half);
-               phylink_set(mask, 100baseT_Full);
-               phylink_set(mask, 1000baseT_Full);
-               phylink_set(mask, 1000baseX_Full);
-               break;
-
-       case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_1000BASEX:
-               phylink_set(mask, 1000baseT_Full);
-               phylink_set(mask, 1000baseX_Full);
-               break;
-
-       case PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_2500BASEX:
-               phylink_set(mask, 2500baseT_Full);
-               phylink_set(mask, 2500baseX_Full);
-               break;
-
-       default:
-               linkmode_zero(supported);
-               return;
-       }
-       linkmode_and(supported, supported, mask);
-       linkmode_and(state->advertising, state->advertising, mask);
-}
-
 static void sparx5_phylink_mac_config(struct phylink_config *config,
                                      unsigned int mode,
                                      const struct phylink_link_state *state)
 };
 
 const struct phylink_mac_ops sparx5_phylink_mac_ops = {
-       .validate = sparx5_phylink_validate,
+       .validate = phylink_generic_validate,
        .mac_config = sparx5_phylink_mac_config,
        .mac_link_down = sparx5_phylink_mac_link_down,
        .mac_link_up = sparx5_phylink_mac_link_up,