linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] net/phy: micrel: configure intterupts after autoneg workaround

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Date:   Thu, 22 Jun 2017 11:07:14 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     zach.brown@...com
Cc:     f.fainelli@...il.com, andrew@...n.ch, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net/phy: micrel: configure intterupts after autoneg
 workaround

From: Zach Brown <zach.brown@...com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:48:11 -0500

> The commit ("net/phy: micrel: Add workaround for bad autoneg") fixes an
> autoneg failure case by resetting the hardware. This turns off
> intterupts. Things will work themselves out if the phy polls, as it will
> figure out it's state during a poll. However if the phy uses only
> intterupts, the phy will stall, since interrupts are off. This patch
> fixes the issue by calling config_intr after resetting the phy.
> 
> Fixes: d2fd719bcb0e ("net/phy: micrel: Add workaround for bad autoneg ")
> Signed-off-by: Zach Brown <zach.brown@...com>

Applied and queued up for -stable.