netdev - Re: [PATCH net] r8169: fix wrong PHY ID issue with RTL8168dp

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Message-Id: <20191101.151004.1466788730845031420.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 01 Nov 2019 15:10:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     hkallweit1@...il.com
Cc:     nic_swsd@...ltek.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] r8169: fix wrong PHY ID issue with RTL8168dp

From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2019 00:10:21 +0100

> As reported in [0] at least one RTL8168dp version has problems
> establishing a link. This chip version has an integrated RTL8211b PHY,
> however the chip seems to report a wrong PHY ID, resulting in a wrong
> PHY driver (for Generic Realtek PHY) being loaded.
> Work around this issue by adding a hook to r8168dp_2_mdio_read()
> for returning the correct PHY ID.
> 
> [0] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=246508
> 
> Fixes: 242cd9b5866a ("r8169: use phy_resume/phy_suspend")
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.