netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] net/phy: micrel: configure intterupts after autoneg workaround

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Message-ID: <ba3ef848-0f90-33f4-d204-d3a5dbe67f75@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 20 Jun 2017 14:41:46 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Zach Brown <zach.brown@...com>
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net/phy: micrel: configure intterupts after autoneg
 workaround

On 06/20/2017 10:48 AM, Zach Brown wrote:
> The commit ("net/phy: micrel: Add workaround for bad autoneg") fixes an
> autoneg failure case by resetting the hardware. This turns off
> intterupts. Things will work themselves out if the phy polls, as it will
> figure out it's state during a poll. However if the phy uses only
> intterupts, the phy will stall, since interrupts are off. This patch
> fixes the issue by calling config_intr after resetting the phy.
> 
> Fixes: d2fd719bcb0e ("net/phy: micrel: Add workaround for bad autoneg ")
> Signed-off-by: Zach Brown <zach.brown@...com>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
-- 
Florian