netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: make PHY PM ops a no-op if MAC driver manages PHY PM

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Date:   Fri, 9 Apr 2021 18:13:25 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Fugang Duan <fugang.duan@....com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Joakim Zhang <qiangqing.zhang@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: make PHY PM ops a no-op if MAC driver
 manages PHY PM

On Wed, 7 Apr 2021 17:50:46 +0200 Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> Resume callback of the PHY driver is called after the one for the MAC
> driver. The PHY driver resume callback calls phy_init_hw(), and this is
> potentially problematic if the MAC driver calls phy_start() in its resume
> callback. One issue was reported with the fec driver and a KSZ8081 PHY
> which seems to become unstable if a soft reset is triggered during aneg.
> 
> The new flag allows MAC drivers to indicate that they take care of
> suspending/resuming the PHY. Then the MAC PM callbacks can handle
> any dependency between MAC and PHY PM.

Applied, thanks!