Re: [PATCH v1] net: phy: fix auto-negotiation stall due to unavailable interrupt

From: Alexander Kochetkov
Date: Tue Apr 25 2017 - 11:26:34 EST


Hello David!

> 25 ÐÐÑ. 2017 Ð., Ð 17:36, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ÐÐÐÐÑÐÐ(Ð):
>
> So... what are we doing here?
>
> My understanding is that this should fix the same problem that commit
> 99f81afc139c6edd14d77a91ee91685a414a1c66 ("phy: micrel: Disable auto
> negotiation on startup") fixed and that this micrel commit should thus
> be reverted to improve MAC startup times which regressed.
>
> Florian, any guidance?

Yes, this should be done.

I aksed Alexandre to check if 99f81afc139c6edd14d77a91ee91685a414a1c66 ("phy: micrel: Disable auto
negotiation on startupÂ) can be reverted, and he answered what it may do that
sometime this/next week.

Alexander.