netdev - [PATCH 0/2] at803x: don't power-down SGMII link

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Date:   Mon, 24 Oct 2016 12:40:52 +0200
From:   Zefir Kurtisi <zefir.kurtisi@...atec.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     timur@...eaurora.org, andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] at803x: don't power-down SGMII link

In a device where the ar8031 operates in SGMII mode, we
observed that after a suspend-resume cycle in very rare
cases the copper side autonegotiation secceeds but the
SGMII side fails to come up.

As a work-around, a patch was provided that on suspend and
resume powers the SGMII link down and up along with the
copper side. This fixed the observed failure, but
introduced a regression Timur Tabi observed: once the SGMII
is powered down, the PHY is inaccessible by the CPU and
with that e.g. can't be re-initialized after suspend.

Since the original issue could not be reproduced by others,
this series provides an alternative handling:
* the first patch reverts the prvious fix that powers down
  SGMII
* the second patch adds double-checking for the observed
  failure condition

Zefir Kurtisi (2):
  Revert "at803x: fix suspend/resume for SGMII link"
  at803x: double check SGMII side autoneg

 drivers/net/phy/at803x.c | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

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