netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: do not call phy_start

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Date:	Sat, 04 Oct 2014 20:45:17 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dsa: do not call phy_start_aneg

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Thu,  2 Oct 2014 18:56:03 -0700

> Commit f7f1de51edbd ("net: dsa: start and stop the PHY state machine")
> add calls to phy_start() in dsa_slave_open() respectively phy_stop() in
> dsa_slave_close().
> 
> We also call phy_start_aneg() in dsa_slave_create(), and this call is
> messing up with the PHY state machine, since we basically start the
> auto-negotiation, and later on restart it when calling phy_start().
> phy_start() does not currently handle the PHY_FORCING or PHY_AN states
> properly, but such a fix would be too invasive for this window.
> 
> Fixes: f7f1de51edbd ("net: dsa: start and stop the PHY state machine")
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Applied, thanks.
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