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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Mian Yousaf Kaukab <ykaukab@suse.de>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, tharvey@gateworks.com,
	davem@davemloft.net, rric@kernel.org, sgoutham@cavium.com,
	sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] net: thunderx: start phy before starting autonegotiation
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2019 18:30:08 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191204173008.GG21904@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191204172351.29709-1-ykaukab@suse.de>

On Wed, Dec 04, 2019 at 06:23:51PM +0100, Mian Yousaf Kaukab wrote:
> Since commit 2b3e88ea6528 ("net: phy: improve phy state checking")
> phy_start_aneg() expects phy state to be >= PHY_UP. Call phy_start()
> before calling phy_start_aneg() during probe so that autonegotiation
> is initiated.
> 
> As phy_start() takes care of calling phy_start_aneg(), drop the explicit
> call to phy_start_aneg().
> 
> Network fails without this patch on Octeon TX.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mian Yousaf Kaukab <ykaukab@suse.de>
> ---
> v1: 

This should really be v2.

You should add fixes: tag

And the subject line should indicate which tree this is for:

[PATCH v2 net] net: thunderx: start phy before starting autonegotiation

https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/networking/netdev-FAQ.html

       Andrew

      reply	other threads:[~2019-12-04 17:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-12-04 17:23 [PATCH v1] net: thunderx: start phy before starting autonegotiation Mian Yousaf Kaukab
2019-12-04 17:30 ` Andrew Lunn [this message]

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