On 02.07.2021 05:53, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 01, 2021 at 12:01:04PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> On 6/28/21 9:43 PM, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
>>> After probe/bind sequence is the PHY in active state, even if interface
>>> is stopped. As result, on some systems like Samsung Exynos5250 SoC based Arndale
>>> board, the ASIX PHY will be able to negotiate the link but fail to
>>> transmit the data.
>>>
>>> To handle it, suspend the PHY on probe.
>>
>> Very unusual, could not the PHY be attached/connected to a ndo_open()
>> time like what most drivers do?
>
> May be this can be done to.
> But, should not the PHY be in the same state after phy_connect() and after
> phy_stop()?
>
> Currently, phy_connect() and phy_start() resume the PHY. The phy_stop()
> is suspending it. Since the driver calls phy_connect(), phy_start() and
> phy_stop(), the resume/suspend state is out of balance.
At least currently there is no requirement that phy_resume()/phy_suspend()
calls have to be balanced. Drivers must be able to deal with this.
However phy_suspend() checks the state of phydev->suspended and skips the
suspend callback if set.
> In case some one will add for example something like regulator_enable/disable
> callbacks in to phydev->syspend/resume callbacks, this would never work.
>
> So, the question is, should phy_connect() put the PHY back in to suspend
> mode? Or should the MAC driver take care of this?
>
>>>
>>> Fixes: e532a096be0e ("net: usb: asix: ax88772: add phylib support")
>>> Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Reported-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Tested-by: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c | 1 +
>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c b/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c
>>> index aec97b021a73..2c115216420a 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/usb/asix_devices.c
>>> @@ -701,6 +701,7 @@ static int ax88772_init_phy(struct usbnet *dev)
>>> return ret;
>>> }
>>>
>>> + phy_suspend(priv->phydev);
>>> priv->phydev->mac_managed_pm = 1;
>>>
>>> phy_attached_info(priv->phydev);
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Florian
>>
>
> Regards,
> Oleksij
>
