Re: [PATCH] net: bcmgenet: Clear ID_MODE_DIS in EXT_RGMII_OOB_CTRL when not needed

From: Florian Fainelli
Date: Mon Feb 24 2020 - 12:23:39 EST


On 2/24/20 8:30 AM, Nicolas Saenz Julienne wrote:
> On Mon, 2020-02-24 at 18:28 +0200, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 04:36:09PM +0100, Nicolas Saenz Julienne wrote:
>>> Outdated Raspberry Pi 4 firmware might configure the external PHY as
>>> rgmii although the kernel currently sets it as rgmii-rxid. This makes
>>> connections unreliable as ID_MODE_DIS is left enabled. To avoid this,
>>> explicitly clear that bit whenever we don't need it.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzjulienne@xxxxxxx>
>>> Fixes: da38802211cc ("net: bcmgenet: Add RGMII_RXID support")
>>
>> The expectation is that Fixes line comes before SOB line.
>
> Ouch, sorry for that.
>
> I'll edit that on v2.

And you will want to indicate which tree you are targeting:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst#n78
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Florian