netdev - Re: [PATCH (net.git)] stmmac: fix adjust link call in case of a switch is attached

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Date:	Wed, 06 Apr 2016 16:35:03 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	peppe.cavallaro@...com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, alexandre.torgue@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH (net.git)] stmmac: fix adjust link call in case of a
 switch is attached

From: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 08:46:57 +0200

> While initializing the phy, the stmmac driver sets the
> PHY_IGNORE_INTERRUPT so the PAL won't call the adjust hook
> that is needed, on some platforms, e.g. STi, to invoke the glue.
> 
> The patch allows the PAL to poll the stmmac_adjust_link just one time
> in case of a switch is attached, setting later the PHY_IGNORE_INTERRUPT
> flag.
> Moving this kind of logic inside the adjust_link it makes sense to
> anticipate the check for EEE that will never initialized in this
> scenario.
> 
> Reported-by: Gabriel Fernandez <gabriel.fernandez@...aro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Giuseppe Cavallaro <peppe.cavallaro@...com>
> Tested-by: Gabriel Fernandez <gabriel.fernandez@...aro.org>
> Cc: Alexandre TORGUE <alexandre.torgue@...com>

Applied, thank you.