4.21.1.1 Fixed

When configured for fixed link status operation, the LNKSTS bit will always read as ‘0’. This will indicate a negative link status to the Ethernet driver, regardless of the local station being configured, connected to the physical media, or remote stations being available for communication. This reflects the lack of an actual link between devices in half-duplex mixing segments as exists between two devices that have successfully completed training in a full-duplex point-to-point segment