Hello Yongqin, After some research and testing, it seems to happen that if initialization is slower the second reset from open is needed too. So, I have been working with some reproducers and I think I have the solution for detecting when there is a problem. If you can test it in your real environment that would be great. Here the patch on the latest version of the file: $ git diff drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c index 51c295e1e823..60357796be99 100644 --- a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c @@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ struct ax88179_data { u32 wol_supported; u32 wolopts; u8 disconnecting; - u8 initialized; }; struct ax88179_int_data { @@ -327,7 +326,8 @@ static void ax88179_status(struct usbnet *dev, struct urb *urb) if (netif_carrier_ok(dev->net) != link) { usbnet_link_change(dev, link, 1); - netdev_info(dev->net, "ax88179 - Link status is: %d\n", link); + if (!link) diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c index 51c295e1e823..60357796be99 100644 --- a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c @@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ struct ax88179_data { u32 wol_supported; u32 wolopts; u8 disconnecting; - u8 initialized; }; struct ax88179_int_data { @@ -327,7 +326,8 @@ static void ax88179_status(struct usbnet *dev, struct urb *urb) if (netif_carrier_ok(dev->net) != link) { usbnet_link_change(dev, link, 1); - netdev_info(dev->net, "ax88179 - Link status is: %d\n", link); + if (!link) + netdev_info(dev->net, "ax88179 - Link status is: %d\n", link); } } @@ -1543,6 +1543,7 @@ static int ax88179_link_reset(struct usbnet *dev) GMII_PHY_PHYSR, 2, &tmp16); if (!(tmp16 & GMII_PHY_PHYSR_LINK)) { + netdev_info(dev->net, "ax88179 - Link status is: 0\n"); return 0; } else if (GMII_PHY_PHYSR_GIGA == (tmp16 & GMII_PHY_PHYSR_SMASK)) { mode |= AX_MEDIUM_GIGAMODE | AX_MEDIUM_EN_125MHZ; @@ -1580,6 +1581,8 @@ static int ax88179_link_reset(struct usbnet *dev) netif_carrier_on(dev->net); + netdev_info(dev->net, "ax88179 - Link status is: 1\n"); + return 0; } @@ -1678,12 +1681,21 @@ static int ax88179_reset(struct usbnet *dev) static int ax88179_net_reset(struct usbnet *dev) { - struct ax88179_data *ax179_data = dev->driver_priv; + u16 tmp16; - if (ax179_data->initialized) + ax88179_read_cmd(dev, AX_ACCESS_PHY, AX88179_PHY_ID, GMII_PHY_PHYSR, + 2, &tmp16); + if (tmp16) { + ax88179_read_cmd(dev, AX_ACCESS_MAC, AX_MEDIUM_STATUS_MODE, + 2, 2, &tmp16); + if (!(tmp16 & AX_MEDIUM_RECEIVE_EN)) { + tmp16 |= AX_MEDIUM_RECEIVE_EN; + ax88179_write_cmd(dev, AX_ACCESS_MAC, AX_MEDIUM_STATUS_MODE, + 2, 2, &tmp16); + } + } else { ax88179_reset(dev); - else - ax179_data->initialized = 1; + } return 0; } In addition, I have fixed the logs to show the link correclty. If this is ok, I will submit the patch. Thanks Best regards José Ignacio