netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Prevent GPHY shutdown for kexec'd kernels

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Date:   Thu, 20 Oct 2016 14:44:31 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch,
        vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: dsa: bcm_sf2: Prevent GPHY shutdown for
 kexec'd kernels

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 09:32:19 -0700

> For a kernel that is being kexec'd we re-enable the integrated GPHY in
> order for the subsequent MDIO bus scan to succeed and properly bind to
> the bcm7xxx PHY driver. If we did not do that, the GPHY would be shut
> down by the time the MDIO driver is probing the bus, and it would fail
> to read the correct PHY OUI and therefore bind to an appropriate PHY
> driver. Later on, this would cause DSA not to be able to successfully
> attach to the PHY, and the interface would not be created at all.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Applied, but I have to wonder...

If enabling the GPHY is necessary for proper probing, why isn't the
kexec kernel enabling it properly?