Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] net: phy: Fix PHY AN done state machine for interrupt driven PHYs

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On 03/27/2017 04:59 AM, Roger Quadros wrote:
> The Ethernet link on an interrupt driven PHY was not coming up if the
> Ethernet cable was plugged before the Ethernet interface was brought up.
> 
> The PHY state machine seems to be stuck from RUNNING to AN state
> with no new interrupts from the PHY. So it doesn't know when the
> PHY Auto-negotiation has been completed and doesn't transition to RUNNING
> state with ANEG done thus netif_carrier_on() is never called.
> 
> NOTE: genphy_config_aneg() will not restart PHY Auto-negotiation of
> advertisement parameters didn't change.
> 
> Fix this by scheduling the PHY state machine in phy_start_aneg().
> There is no way of knowing in phy.c whether auto-negotiation was
> restarted or not by the PHY driver so we just wait for the next
> poll/interrupt to update the PHY state machine.
> 
> Fixes: 3c293f4e08b5 ("net: phy: Trigger state machine on state change and not polling.")
> Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.9+
> Signed-off-by: Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
-- 
Florian



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