linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.4 17/86] phy: micrel: Disable auto negotiation on startup

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Date:   Tue, 19 May 2020 12:53:29 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Henri Rosten <henri.rosten@...kie.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, lukas.bulwahn@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4 17/86] phy: micrel: Disable auto negotiation on
 startup

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 08:45:12AM +0300, Henri Rosten wrote:
> On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 07:35:48PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > From: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
> > 
> > [ Upstream commit 99f81afc139c6edd14d77a91ee91685a414a1c66 ]
> 
> I notice 99f81afc139c has been reverted in mainline with commit b43bd72835a5.  
> The revert commit points out that:
> 
> "It was papering over the real problem, which is fixed by commit
> f555f34fdc58 ("net: phy: fix auto-negotiation stall due to unavailable
> interrupt")"
>  
> Therefore, consider backporting f555f34fdc58 instead of 99f81afc139c.
> 
> Notice if f555f34fdc58 is taken, then I believe 215d08a85b9a should also 
> be backported.

I'm just going to drop this single patch for now instead, thanks.

greg k-h