There is no need to call a heavyweight phy_start_aneg() for phy auto-negotiation by ethtool, the phy is already initialized and link auto-negotiation is started by calling phy_start() from sh_eth_phy_start() when a network device is opened. Signed-off-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vladimir_zapolskiy@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c index 8e429e865552..1bed2ee4d709 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/sh_eth.c @@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@ static int sh_eth_nway_reset(struct net_device *ndev) if (!ndev->phydev) return -ENODEV; - return phy_start_aneg(ndev->phydev); + return phy_restart_aneg(ndev->phydev); } static u32 sh_eth_get_msglevel(struct net_device *ndev) -- 2.17.1
