Re: [PATCH] phy: marvell: Fix reg-init bug on 88E1510

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Sun Feb 14 2016 - 15:48:31 EST


On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 09:31:25PM +0100, Clemens Gruber wrote:
> The function marvell_of_reg_init was called too late, in
> m88e1510_config_aneg. This function was not reached, due to the phy
> state machine being stuck at waiting for interrupts (which were not
> enabled and off by default on the 88E1510)
> It lead to the ethernet link not coming up at boot.
>
> This commit moves the call of marvell_of_reg_init to config_init.
> Now, a marvell,reg-init option to enable PHY interrupts on pin LED[2] is
> set early on and the phy state machine does not get stuck anymore.
> Tested on i.MX6Q boards with Marvell 88E1510 PHYs.

This looks like a good fix for you board. But maybe we should look at
the bigger picture. How about calling your new

> +static int m88e1510_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
> +{
> + int err;
> +
> + err = marvell_of_reg_init(phydev);
> + if (err < 0)
> + return err;
> +
> + return 0;
> +}

marvell_config_init() and adding it to all PHYs which don't have a
specific config_init function.

We then get more consistent behaviour across Marvell PHYs.

Andrew