linux-kernel - Re: [Intel-wired-lan] e1000e: PHY cann't be initialized correctly on some I218 controllers

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Date:	Tue, 9 Aug 2016 18:10:53 +0300
From:	Raanan Avargil <raanan.avargil@...el.com>
To:	Denis Turischev <denis.turischev@...pulab.co.il>,
	intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
	"Brown, Aaron F" <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] e1000e: PHY cann't be initialized correctly on
 some I218 controllers

On 8/7/2016 11:56, Denis Turischev wrote:
> Hi Raanan,
>
> On 08/04/2016 07:18 PM, Raanan Avargil wrote:
>> It is hard to determine what is exactly the problem here and what causes the -3 error, but this is not the place to perform hw reset and retry to init the phy.
> I agree that may be this is not the correct place for hw reset, can you advice about another solution?
>
> It works, not only for me, for example it helps here:
> http://www.linux.org.ru/forum/linux-hardware/10268216
>
> Another fact that Windows drivers work fine with the same hw.
>
> Denis
>

Hi Denis,

More suitable place to retry init the device would be in probe function.
However, we haven't seen initialization issues like this on i218.

Adding Aaron.

@Aaron - have you seen initialization errors on i218 devices?

Raanan
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