netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] Add support for slow-to-probe-PHY copper SFP modules

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Message-ID: <20191209223728.GR25745@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date:   Mon, 9 Dec 2019 22:37:28 +0000
From:   Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com, hkallweit1@...il.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] Add support for slow-to-probe-PHY copper
 SFP modules

On Mon, Dec 09, 2019 at 02:34:49PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@...linux.org.uk>
> Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2019 14:15:25 +0000
> 
> > This series, following on from the previous adding SFP+ copper support,
> > adds support for a range of Copper SFP modules, made by a variety of
> > companies, all of which have a Marvell 88E1111 PHY on them, but take
> > far longer than the Marvell spec'd 15ms to start communicating on the
> > I2C bus.
> > 
> > Researching the Champion One 1000SFPT module reveals that TX_DISABLE is
> > routed through a MAX1971 switching regulator and reset IC which adds a
> > 175ms delay to releasing the 88E1111 reset.
> > 
> > It is not known whether other modules use a similar setup, but there
> > are a range of modules that are slow for the Marvell PHY to appear.
> > 
> > This patch series adds support for these modules by repeatedly trying
> > to probe the PHY for up to 600ms.
> 
> Patch #3 gets full rejects when I try to apply this series.
> 
> Please respin, adding Andrew's ACKs.

As mentioned in the very first sentence, it depends on the previously
submitted series, which hasn't yet been reviewed.

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