netdev - Re: [PATCH] dwc_eth_qos: Reset hardware before PHY start

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Date:	Sat, 06 Feb 2016 03:38:46 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	rabin.vincent@...s.com
Cc:	larper@...s.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, rabinv@...s.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dwc_eth_qos: Reset hardware before PHY start

From: Rabin Vincent <rabin.vincent@...s.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 09:39:02 +0100

> From: Rabin Vincent <rabinv@...s.com>
> 
> The hardware reset is currently done after phy_start() is called,
> leading to a race where we can lose the link status if the phy state
> machine calls dwceqos_adjust_link() before we reset the MAC registers.
> 
> Acked-by: Lars Persson <larper@...s.com>
> Signed-off-by: Rabin Vincent <rabinv@...s.com>

Applied to 'net', thanks.