netdev - Re: [PATCH 08/10] net: ax88796: Make reset more robust on AX88796B

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Date:   Tue, 17 Apr 2018 03:32:25 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, Linux/m68k <linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michael Karcher <Michael.Karcher@...berlin.de>,
        John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>,
        Michael Karcher <kernel@...rcher.dialup.fu-berlin.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/10] net: ax88796: Make reset more robust on AX88796B

> > This should really be fixed in the PHY driver, not the MAC.
> 
> OK - do you want this separate, or as part of this series? Might have
> a few side effects on more commonly used hardware, perhaps?

Hi Michael

What PHY driver is used? In the driver you can implement a .soft_reset
function which first does the dummy write, and then uses
genphy_soft_reset() to do the actual reset.

     Andrew