Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net] net: phylink: fix link state on phy-connect

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 09:06:56PM +0000, Yan Markman wrote:
> The attached p21 patch doesn't change anything.
> But another one from the mail-text is good
> 	void phylink_disconnect_phy(struct phylink *pl)
> 	+		pl->phy_state.link = false;
> 
> There still (not for my MRVL-PP2) problem:
> 	It is expected that on  ifconfig-down the callback
> 		pl->ops->mac_link_down(ndev, pl->link_an_mode);
> would be called, but it isn't

Are you calling phylink_stop() or are you just calling phylink_disconnect() ?

You must call phylink_stop() prior to phylink_disconnect().  This
probably explains why the p21 patch did nothing.

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