netdev - Re: [PATCH net] amd-xgbe: fix the false linkup in xgbe_phy

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Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 12:41:52 +0200
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To: Raju Rangoju <Raju.Rangoju@....com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, Shyam-sundar.S-k@....com,
	Sudheesh Mavila <sudheesh.mavila@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] amd-xgbe: fix the false linkup in xgbe_phy_status

Wed, May 24, 2023 at 07:49:02PM CEST, Raju.Rangoju@....com wrote:
>In the event of a change in XGBE mode, the current auto-negotiation
>needs to be reset and the AN cycle needs to be re-triggerred. However,
>the current code ignores the return value of xgbe_set_mode(), leading to
>false information as the link is declared without checking the status
>register.
>
>Fix this by propogating the mode switch status information to
>xgbe_phy_status().
>
>Fixes: e57f7a3feaef ("amd-xgbe: Prepare for working with more than one type of phy")
>Co-developed-by: Sudheesh Mavila <sudheesh.mavila@....com>
>Signed-off-by: Sudheesh Mavila <sudheesh.mavila@....com>
>Signed-off-by: Raju Rangoju <Raju.Rangoju@....com>

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>