netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/7] net: usb: lan78xx: Convert to PHYlink for improved PHY and MAC management

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Message-ID: <Z8660bKssi3rX_ny@shell.armlinux.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:11:29 +0000
From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
To: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>
Cc: Thangaraj.S@...rochip.com, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net,
	Rengarajan.S@...rochip.com, Woojung.Huh@...rochip.com,
	pabeni@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	phil@...pberrypi.org, kernel@...gutronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/7] net: usb: lan78xx: Convert to PHYlink
 for improved PHY and MAC management

On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 10:58:38AM +0100, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> Hi Thangaraj,
> 
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2025 at 09:29:45AM +0000, Thangaraj.S@...rochip.com wrote:
> > > -       mii_adv_to_linkmode_adv_t(fc, mii_adv);
> > > -       linkmode_or(phydev->advertising, fc, phydev->advertising);
> > > +       phy_suspend(phydev);
> > > 
> > 
> > Why phy_suspend called in the init? Is there any specific reason?
> 
> In my tests with EVB-LAN7801-EDS, the attached PHY stayed UP in initial
> state.

Why is that an issue?

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