netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/6] net: phy: dp83869: Perform software restart after configuring op mode

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Message-ID: <9301598.CDJkKcVGEf@fw-rgant>
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 10:45:52 +0200
From: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@...tlin.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
 Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:
 Re: [PATCH net-next 2/6] net: phy: dp83869: Perform software restart after
 configuring op mode

On lundi 1 juillet 2024 18:44:33 UTC+2 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 01, 2024 at 10:51:04AM +0200, Romain Gantois wrote:
> > The DP83869 PHY requires a software restart after OP_MODE is changed in
> > the
> > OP_MODE_DECODE register.
> > 
> > Add this restart in dp83869_configure_mode().
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@...tlin.com>
> > ---
> > 
> >  drivers/net/phy/dp83869.c | 4 ++++
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/dp83869.c b/drivers/net/phy/dp83869.c
> > index f6b05e3a3173e..6bb9bb1c0e962 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/phy/dp83869.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/phy/dp83869.c
> > @@ -786,6 +786,10 @@ static int dp83869_configure_mode(struct phy_device
> > *phydev,
> Not directly this patch, but dp83869_configure_mode() has:
> 
> ret = phy_write(phydev, MII_BMCR, MII_DP83869_BMCR_DEFAULT);
> 
> where #define MII_DP83869_BMCR_DEFAULT	(BMCR_ANENABLE | \
> 					 BMCR_FULLDPLX | \
> 					 BMCR_SPEED1000)
> 
> When considering the previous patch, maybe BMCR_ANENABLE should be
> conditional on the mode being selected?

Indeed, this would definitely make sense.

Thanks,

-- 
Romain Gantois, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com