netdev - [PATCH 08/10] net: ax88796: Make reset more robust on AX88796B

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Date:   Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:04:43 +1200
From:   Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org, Michael.Karcher@...berlin.de,
        John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>,
        Michael Karcher <kernel@...rcher.dialup.fu-berlin.de>
Subject: [PATCH 08/10] net: ax88796: Make reset more robust on AX88796B

From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>

The AX88796B as installed on the X-Surf-100 does not recognize a MII reset
request if the previous write to the MII control register also was a reset
request. So a dummy write to the control register makes the soft reset in
the PHY initialization code work.

Signed-off-by: Michael Karcher <kernel@...rcher.dialup.fu-berlin.de>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c
index 6af9aca..a2f9a09 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/8390/ax88796.c
@@ -374,6 +374,10 @@ static int ax_mii_probe(struct net_device *dev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
+	/* write a non-reset pattern to the control register to
+	 * re-arm the reset request detection logic (needed on AX88796B)
+	 */
+	phy_write(phy_dev, MII_BMCR, 0);
 	ret = phy_connect_direct(dev, phy_dev, ax_handle_link_change,
 				 PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_MII);
 	if (ret) {
-- 
1.7.0.4