Re: [PATCH net 0/4] net: bcmgenet: restore internal EPHY support

[David Miller]

From: Doug Berger <opendmb@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 16:06:28 -0700

> I managed to get my hands on an old BCM97435SVMB board to do some
> testing with the latest kernel and uncovered a number of things
> that managed to get broken over the years (some by me ;).
> 
> This commit set attempts to correct the errors I observed in my
> testing.
> 
> The first commit applies to all internal PHYs to restore proper
> reporting of link status when a link comes up.
> 
> The second commit restores the soft reset to the initialization of
> the older internal EPHYs used by 40nm Set-Top Box devices.
> 
> The third corrects a bug I introduced when removing excessive soft
> resets by altering the initialization sequence in a way that keeps
> the GENETv3 MAC interface happy.
> 
> Finally, I observed a number of issues when manually configuring
> the network interface of the older EPHYs that appear to be resolved
> by the fourth commit.

Series applied and queued up for -stable.

Thanks.