netdev - [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove not needed PHY soft reset in rtl8168e_2_hw_phy

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Date:   Tue, 20 Feb 2018 07:30:16 +0100
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove not needed PHY soft reset in
 rtl8168e_2_hw_phy_config

rtl8169_init_phy() resets the PHY anyway after applying the chip-specific
PHY configuration. So we don't need to soft-reset the PHY as part of the
chip-specific configuration.

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
index 0bf7d1759..92b50b688 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
@@ -3805,8 +3805,6 @@ static void rtl8168e_2_hw_phy_config(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
 	rtl_writephy(tp, 0x1f, 0x0005);
 	rtl_w0w1_phy(tp, 0x01, 0x0100, 0x0000);
 	rtl_writephy(tp, 0x1f, 0x0000);
-	/* soft-reset phy */
-	rtl_writephy(tp, MII_BMCR, BMCR_RESET | BMCR_ANENABLE | BMCR_ANRESTART);
 
 	/* Broken BIOS workaround: feed GigaMAC registers with MAC address. */
 	rtl_rar_exgmac_set(tp, tp->dev->dev_addr);
-- 
2.16.1