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 ravb_phy_start() when a network device is opened. Signed-off-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vladimir_zapolskiy@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c index 40266fe01186..31913a469001 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c @@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ static int ravb_nway_reset(struct net_device *ndev) int error = -ENODEV; if (ndev->phydev) - error = phy_start_aneg(ndev->phydev); + error = phy_restart_aneg(ndev->phydev); return error; } -- 2.17.1