netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] net: nb8800: Simplify nb8800_pause

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Date:   Wed, 15 Nov 2017 15:33:47 +0100
From:   Marc Gonzalez <marc_gonzalez@...madesigns.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
CC:     Mans Rullgard <mans@...sr.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Mason <slash.tmp@...e.fr>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thibaud Cornic <thibaud_cornic@...madesigns.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] net: nb8800: Simplify nb8800_pause_config()

On 15/11/2017 15:17, Andrew Lunn wrote:

> nb8800_link_reconfigure() can be called whenever the link to the peer
> changes. auto-neg may happen later because the cable was not plugged
> in until later, etc.

Hello Andrew,

AFAICS, Mans was right: trying to toggle the flow control bit when
the RX DMA bit is already set "breaks" the HW (ping times out).

Thus, I will drop patch 2/4.

In our local branch, I have completely disabled flow control support,
so I don't have to worry about this problem.

Regards.