netdev - [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove manual autoneg restart workaround

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Date:   Sun, 28 Apr 2019 19:45:28 +0200
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Neil MacLeod <neil@...cleod.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove manual autoneg restart workaround

According to Neil who reported the issue leading to this
workaround, the workaround is no longer needed since
version 5.0. So let's remove it.

This was the bug report leading to the workaround:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201081

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Tested-by: Neil MacLeod <neil@...cleod.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c | 8 --------
 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
index 383242df0..d4ec08e37 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
@@ -4083,14 +4083,6 @@ static void rtl8169_init_phy(struct net_device *dev, struct rtl8169_private *tp)
 	phy_speed_up(tp->phydev);
 
 	genphy_soft_reset(tp->phydev);
-
-	/* It was reported that several chips end up with 10MBit/Half on a
-	 * 1GBit link after resuming from S3. For whatever reason the PHY on
-	 * these chips doesn't properly start a renegotiation when soft-reset.
-	 * Explicitly requesting a renegotiation fixes this.
-	 */
-	if (tp->phydev->autoneg == AUTONEG_ENABLE)
-		phy_restart_aneg(tp->phydev);
 }
 
 static void rtl_rar_set(struct rtl8169_private *tp, u8 *addr)
-- 
2.21.0