netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/1] igb: skip phy status check where unavailable

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Message-Id: <165287941258.26952.11617819989897167847.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 18 May 2022 13:10:12 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        edumazet@...gle.com, kevmitch@...sta.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        gurucharanx.g@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/1] igb: skip phy status check where unavailable

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Tue, 17 May 2022 11:01:05 -0700 you wrote:
> From: Kevin Mitchell <kevmitch@...sta.com>
> 
> igb_read_phy_reg() will silently return, leaving phy_data untouched, if
> hw->ops.read_reg isn't set. Depending on the uninitialized value of
> phy_data, this led to the phy status check either succeeding immediately
> or looping continuously for 2 seconds before emitting a noisy err-level
> timeout. This message went out to the console even though there was no
> actual problem.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net,1/1] igb: skip phy status check where unavailable
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/942d2ad5d2e0

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