Re: [PATCH] net: phy: fix auto-negotiation stall due to unavailable interrupt

From: Roger Quadros
Date: Thu Apr 20 2017 - 05:21:43 EST


Hi,

On 19/04/17 19:53, Alexander Kochetkov wrote:
>
>> 19 ÐÐÑ. 2017 Ð., Ð 19:32, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx> ÐÐÐÐÑÐÐ(Ð):
>>
>> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/743773/
>>
>> Roger can you also test Alexander's patch?

This patch fixes my problem and doesn't have the 1 second delay that my patch had.

So,

Tested-by: Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxx>

>
> If MAC use phy_start_aneg() instead of phy_start() my patch will not work as
> expected. Roger, if patch donât work for you please check what MAC bring up PHY using
> phy_start():

Our MAC driver is using phy_start() and I didn't face any issues with your patch.

>
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/752308/
>
> Is it correct to start PHY inside MAC probe using phy_start_aneg()? Or phy_start() must be used?
>
> And probably this tags should be added for my patch:
> Fixes: 3c293f4e08b5 ("net: phy: Trigger state machine on state change and not polling.")
> Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.9+
>
> Because I bisected to commit 529ed1275263 ("net: phy: phy drivers
> should not set SUPPORTED_[Asym_]PauseÂ) that looks pretty good.
>
> Also, there is another issue I found. link_timeout doesnât work for interrupt driven PHY.
> It is possible to implement timer to handle this case.
> Florian, what do you think? Should this be fixed?
>
> Alexander.
>

cheers,
-roger