Re: [PATCH] net: phy: dp83867: w/a for fld detect threshold bootstrapping issue

From: David Miller
Date: Sat Mar 21 2020 - 23:10:27 EST


From: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 20:04:54 +0200

> When the DP83867 PHY is strapped to enable Fast Link Drop (FLD) feature
> STRAP_STS2.STRAP_ FLD (reg 0x006F bit 10), the Energy Lost Threshold for
> FLD Energy Lost Mode FLD_THR_CFG.ENERGY_LOST_FLD_THR (reg 0x002e bits 2:0)
> will be defaulted to 0x2. This may cause the phy link to be unstable. The
> new DP83867 DM recommends to always restore ENERGY_LOST_FLD_THR to 0x1.
>
> Hence, restore default value of FLD_THR_CFG.ENERGY_LOST_FLD_THR to 0x1 when
> FLD is enabled by bootstrapping as recommended by DM.
>
> Signed-off-by: Grygorii Strashko <grygorii.strashko@xxxxxx>

Applied, thank you.

Let me know if I should queue this up for -stable.