[PATCH net-next v3 1/4] net: phy: add an option to disable EEE advertisement

[afaerber@suse.de (Andreas Färber)]

Am 28.11.2016 um 10:46 schrieb Jerome Brunet:
> This patch adds an option to disable EEE advertisement in the generic PHY
> by providing a mask of prohibited modes corresponding to the value found in
> the MDIO_AN_EEE_ADV register.
> 
> On some platforms, PHY Low power idle seems to be causing issues, even
> breaking the link some cases. The patch provides a convenient way for these
> platforms to disable EEE advertisement and work around the issue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jerome Brunet <jbrunet@baylibre.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/phy/phy.c        |  3 ++
>  drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 80 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  include/linux/phy.h          |  3 ++
>  3 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Tested-by: Andreas F?rber <afaerber@suse.de>

With this and the corresponding .dts change, Odroid-C2 survived a
317-package zypper update for me.

Thanks,
Andreas

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