netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/4] net: phy: fix write to mii-ctrl1000 register

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Date:   Sun, 22 Sep 2019 18:33:21 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        tinywrkb <tinywrkb@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] net: phy: fix write to mii-ctrl1000 register

On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 12:00:10PM +0100, Russell King wrote:
> When userspace writes to the MII_ADVERTISE register, we update phylib's
> advertising mask and trigger a renegotiation.  However, writing to the
> MII_CTRL1000 register, which contains the gigabit advertisement, does
> neither.  This can lead to phylib's copy of the advertisement becoming
> de-synced with the values in the PHY register set, which can result in
> incorrect negotiation resolution.
> 
> Fixes: 5502b218e001 ("net: phy: use phy_resolve_aneg_linkmode in genphy_read_status")
> Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew