netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: micrel: add Asym Pause workaround

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Message-Id: <20190416.213656.68405257215724085.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 16 Apr 2019 21:36:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     antoine.tenart@...tlin.com
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com, hkallweit1@...il.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com, nicolas.ferre@...rochip.com,
        ludovic.desroches@...rochip.com, alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: phy: micrel: add Asym Pause workaround

From: Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 12:10:20 +0200

> The Micrel KSZ9031 PHY may fail to establish a link when the Asymmetric
> Pause capability is set. This issue is described in a Silicon Errata
> (DS80000691D or DS80000692D), which advises to always disable the
> capability. This patch implements the workaround by defining a KSZ9031
> specific get_feature callback to force the Asymmetric Pause capability
> bit to be cleared.
> 
> This fixes issues where the link would not come up at boot time, or when
> the Asym Pause bit was set later on.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>

Applied.