Re: [PATCH net v4 0/3] net: phy: smsc: use IRQ + relaxed polling to fix missed link-up

[Andrew Lunn]

> How about a minimal change instead: conditionally call
> phy_queue_state_machine() from lan87xx_config_aneg()? That would trigger
> a poll in the broken mode without touching phydev->irq or core teardown
> paths. Seems less intrusive than rewriting IRQ handling.

It is currently a static function, so that would have to change.

Or it might be better to add phy_trigger_machine_soon(), using the
default 1 second delay? And i would document it as only to be used by
broken PHYs, to try to stop it being abused. Anybody using it needs to
acknowledge their PHY is broken.

	Andrew