netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 02/10] r8169: use phy_resume/phy

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Date:   Tue, 10 Jul 2018 21:15:09 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 02/10] r8169: use phy_resume/phy_suspend

>  static void r8168_pll_power_down(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
>  {
>  	if (r8168_check_dash(tp))
> @@ -4503,7 +4462,8 @@ static void r8168_pll_power_down(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
>  	if (rtl_wol_pll_power_down(tp))
>  		return;
>  
> -	r8168_phy_power_down(tp);
> +	/* cover the case that PHY isn't connected */
> +	phy_suspend(mdiobus_get_phy(tp->mii_bus, 0));

I don't particularly like this, because no other MAC driver does it.

Why is it powered up, but not connected? Is it powered down before it
is disconnected? Is it the bootloader which is powering it up?

   Andrew