netdev - Re: [PATCH] mvneta: add forgotten initialization of autonegotiation bits

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Date:	Tue, 23 Jun 2015 02:33:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	stsp@...t.ru
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, f.fainelli@...il.com,
	thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com, arno@...isbad.org,
	stsp@...rs.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mvneta: add forgotten initialization of
 autonegotiation bits

From: Stas Sergeev <stsp@...t.ru>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 18:36:03 +0300

> 
> The commit 898b2970e2c9 ("mvneta: implement SGMII-based in-band link state
> signaling")
> changed mvneta_adjust_link() so that it does not clear the auto-negotiation
> bits in MVNETA_GMAC_AUTONEG_CONFIG register. This was necessary for
> auto-negotiation mode to work.
> Unfortunately I haven't checked if these bits are ever initialized.
> It appears they are not.
> This patch adds the missing initialization of the auto-negotiation bits
> in the MVNETA_GMAC_AUTONEG_CONFIG register.
> It fixes the following regression:
> https://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg67928.html
> 
> Since the patch was tested to fix a regression, it should be applied to
> stable tree.
> 
> Tested-by: Arnaud Ebalard <arno@...isbad.org>
> 
> CC: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
> CC: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
> CC: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> CC: stable@...r.kernel.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stas Sergeev <stsp@...rs.sourceforge.net>

Applied, thanks.
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