netdev - Re: [PATCH 4/4] [net-next] net: qcom/emac: add an error interrupt handler for the sgmii

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Date:   Fri, 27 Jan 2017 17:21:19 -0600
From:   Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] [net-next] net: qcom/emac: add an error interrupt
 handler for the sgmii

On 01/27/2017 04:43 PM, Timur Tabi wrote:
> The SGMII (internal PHY) can report decode errors via an interrupt.  It
> can also report autonegotiation status changes, but we don't need to track
> those.  The SGMII can recover automatically from most decode errors, so
> we only reset the interface if we get multiple consecutive errors.
>
> It's possible for bogus decode errors to be reported while the link is
> being brought up.  The interrupt is registered when the interface is
> opened, and it's enabled after the link is up.
>
> Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>

Sorry, this particular patch wasn't meant to be in the patchset.  Please 
ignore it.

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