netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: thunderx: start phy before starting autonegotiation

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Message-ID: <1df5cd0b-3597-4800-a48d-de88c6792e75@cogentembedded.com>
Date:   Wed, 4 Dec 2019 18:43:22 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Mian Yousaf Kaukab <ykaukab@...e.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        tharvey@...eworks.com, davem@...emloft.net, rric@...nel.org,
        sgoutham@...ium.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: thunderx: start phy before starting autonegotiation

On 12/04/2019 06:26 PM, Mian Yousaf Kaukab wrote:

> Since "2b3e88ea6528 net: phy: improve phy state checking"

   Since 2b3e88ea6528 ("net: phy: improve phy state checking")

> phy_start_aneg() expects phy state to be >= PHY_UP. Call phy_start()
> before calling phy_start_aneg() during probe so that autonegotiation
> is initiated.
> 
> Network fails without this patch on Octeon TX.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mian Yousaf Kaukab <ykaukab@...e.de>
[...]

MBR, Sergei