netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: smsc911x: If PHY doesn't have an interrupt then POLL

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Date:	Wed, 15 Jun 2016 00:34:10 +0300
From:	Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:	Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@....com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	steve.glendinning@...well.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: smsc911x: If PHY doesn't have an interrupt then POLL

On 06/15/2016 12:29 AM, Jeremy Linton wrote:

>>> If the interrupt configuration isn't set and we are using the
>>
>>     It's never set, judging by the driver code.
>>
>>> internal phy, then we need to poll the phy to reliably detect
>>> phy state changes.
>>
>>     What address your internal PHY is at? Mine is at 1, and things seem
>> to work reliably after probing:
>>
>> SMSC LAN8700 18000000.etherne:01: attached PHY driver [SMSC LAN8700]
>> (mii_bus:phy_addr=18000000.etherne:01, irq=-1)
>>
>>     I'm using the device tree on my board.
>
> Ok, I'm back on the machine, this is what mine says without that patch.
>
>
>
> SMSC LAN911x Internal PHY 18000000.etherne:01: attached PHY driver [SMSC
> LAN911x Internal PHY] (mii_bus:phy_addr=18000000.etherne:01, irq=0)

    Hum, that's unexpected... things are probably more complex that I thought. 
Do you have extra patches to this driver by changce?

MBR, Sergei