Re: [PATCH net-next] phy: make some bits preserved while setup forced mode

From: David Miller
Date: Fri Apr 15 2016 - 20:13:56 EST


From: Weidong Wang <wangweidong1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 15:43:52 +0800

> When tested the PHY SGMII Loopback:
> 1.set the LOOPBACK bit,
> 2.set the autoneg to AUTONEG_DISABLE, it calls the
> genphy_setup_forced which will clear the bit.
>
> The BMCR_LOOPBACK bit should be preserved.
>
> As Florian pointed out that other bits should be preserved too.
> So I make the BMCR_ISOLATE and BMCR_PDOWN as well.
>
> Signed-off-by: Weidong Wang <wangweidong1@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thank you.