netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/2] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Clear the PDOWN bit on setup

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Date:	Wed, 30 Mar 2016 10:10:46 -0400
From:	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
To:	Patrick Uiterwijk <patrick@...terwijk.org>, linux@...ck-us.net,
	davem@...emloft.net, andrew@...n.ch
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, dennis@...il.us, pbrobinson@...il.com,
	Patrick Uiterwijk <patrick@...terwijk.org>,
	Kevin Smith <kevin.smith@...csyscorp.com>,
	Lucile Quirion <lucile.quirion@...oirfairelinux.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 2/2] net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: Clear the PDOWN bit on setup

Patrick Uiterwijk <patrick@...terwijk.org> writes:

> Some of the vendor-specific bootloaders set up this part
> of the initialization for us, so this was never added.
> However, since upstream bootloaders don't initialize the
> chip specifically, they leave the fiber MII's PDOWN flag
> set, which means that the CPU port doesn't connect.
>
> This patch checks whether this flag has been clear prior
> by something else, and if not make us clear it.
>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick Uiterwijk <patrick@...terwijk.org>

Tested-by: Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>

This fixes the SerDes link on my single 6352 x86 platform.

Thanks!
Vivien