netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/9] net: phy: Add cable test support to state machine

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Date:   Sun, 26 Apr 2020 14:22:57 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Chris Healy <cphealy@...il.com>,
        Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/9] net: phy: Add cable test support to state
 machine



On 4/25/2020 11:06 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> Running a cable test is desruptive to normal operation of the PHY and
> can take a 5 to 10 seconds to complete. The RTNL lock cannot be held
> for this amount of time, and add a new state to the state machine for
> running a cable test.
> 
> The driver is expected to implement two functions. The first is used
> to start a cable test. Once the test has started, it should return.
> 
> The second function is called once per second, or on interrupt to
> check if the cable test is complete, and to allow the PHY to report
> the status.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
> ---

[snip]

>  
> +static void phy_cable_test_abort(struct phy_device *phydev)
> +{
> +	genphy_soft_reset(phydev);

Some drivers implement a soft_reset callback which would not be covered
here, so I believe you need to call phy_init_hw() here. With that fixed

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>	
-- 
Florian