linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/5] net: mediatek: sgmii: mtk_pcs_setup_mode

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Date:   Mon, 19 Sep 2022 15:34:01 +0200
From:   Alexander 'lynxis' Couzens <lynxis@...0.eu>
To:     "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>, John Crispin <john@...ozen.org>,
        Sean Wang <sean.wang@...iatek.com>,
        Mark Lee <Mark-MC.Lee@...iatek.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 3/5] net: mediatek: sgmii:
 mtk_pcs_setup_mode_an: don't rely on register defaults

On Mon, 19 Sep 2022 12:29:34 +0100
"Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk> wrote:

> I'm not sure if I've asked this before, but why does SGMII_AN_RESTART
> need to be set here? It could do with a comment in the code.

It's not my bit :). I've not added it. But why not (re)start autoneg
when powering up the phy?

Should it done elsewhere?