Re: [PATCH] net: smsc911x: Reset PHY during initialization

[David Miller]

From: Pavel Fedin <p.fedin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:06:19 +0300

> On certain hardware after software reboot the chip may get stuck and fail
> to reinitialize during reset. This can be fixed by ensuring that PHY is
> reset too.
> 
> Old PHY resetting method required operational MDIO interface, therefore
> the chip should have been already set up. In order to be able to function
> during probe, it is changed to use PMT_CTRL register.
> 
> The problem could be observed on SMDK5410 board.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Fedin <p.fedin@xxxxxxxxxxx>

I'm pretty sure this is going to break the PHY loopback test.

This is such a tricky and fragile area to get right, therefore I
want you to specifically guard any change in how PHY reset is
done with tests against the specific chips that have the problem.

Furthermore, I want you to test whether this has any negative
effects on the PHY loopback test.
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