linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] phy: make some bits preserved while setup forced mode

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Date:	Fri, 15 Apr 2016 20:13:40 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	wangweidong1@...wei.com
Cc:	f.fainelli@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com,
	andrew@...n.ch
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] phy: make some bits preserved while setup
 forced mode

From: Weidong Wang <wangweidong1@...wei.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 15:43:52 +0800

> When tested the PHY SGMII Loopback:
> 1.set the LOOPBACK bit,
> 2.set the autoneg to AUTONEG_DISABLE, it calls the
> genphy_setup_forced which will clear the bit.
> 
> The BMCR_LOOPBACK bit should be preserved.
> 
> As Florian pointed out that other bits should be preserved too.
> So I make the BMCR_ISOLATE and BMCR_PDOWN as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Weidong Wang <wangweidong1@...wei.com>

Applied, thank you.