linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next 7/9] net: dsa: vsc73xx: allow phy resetting

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Message-Id: <20240729210615.279952-8-paweldembicki@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 23:06:13 +0200
From: Pawel Dembicki <paweldembicki@...il.com>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Pawel Dembicki <paweldembicki@...il.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	"Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 7/9] net: dsa: vsc73xx: allow phy resetting

Now, phy reset isn't a problem for vsc73xx switches.
'soft_reset' can be done normally.

This commit removes the reset blockade in the 'vsc73xx_phy_write'
function.

Signed-off-by: Pawel Dembicki <paweldembicki@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx-core.c | 11 -----------
 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx-core.c b/drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx-core.c
index 9e88eda6f4dd..df36118644f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx-core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/vitesse-vsc73xx-core.c
@@ -618,17 +618,6 @@ static int vsc73xx_phy_write(struct dsa_switch *ds, int phy, int regnum,
 	if (ret)
 		goto err;
 
-	/* It was found through tedious experiments that this router
-	 * chip really hates to have it's PHYs reset. They
-	 * never recover if that happens: autonegotiation stops
-	 * working after a reset. Just filter out this command.
-	 * (Resetting the whole chip is OK.)
-	 */
-	if (regnum == 0 && (val & BIT(15))) {
-		dev_info(vsc->dev, "reset PHY - disallowed\n");
-		return 0;
-	}
-
 	cmd = FIELD_PREP(VSC73XX_MII_CMD_PHY_ADDR, phy) |
 	      FIELD_PREP(VSC73XX_MII_CMD_PHY_REG, regnum) |
 	      FIELD_PREP(VSC73XX_MII_CMD_WRITE_DATA, val);
-- 
2.34.1