Re: [PATCH net-next 2/6] net: phy: dp83869: Perform software restart after configuring op mode

From: Romain Gantois
Date: Tue Jul 02 2024 - 04:45:33 EST


On lundi 1 juillet 2024 18:44:33 UTC+2 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 01, 2024 at 10:51:04AM +0200, Romain Gantois wrote:
> > The DP83869 PHY requires a software restart after OP_MODE is changed in
> > the
> > OP_MODE_DECODE register.
> >
> > Add this restart in dp83869_configure_mode().
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Romain Gantois <romain.gantois@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > drivers/net/phy/dp83869.c | 4 ++++
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/dp83869.c b/drivers/net/phy/dp83869.c
> > index f6b05e3a3173e..6bb9bb1c0e962 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/phy/dp83869.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/phy/dp83869.c
> > @@ -786,6 +786,10 @@ static int dp83869_configure_mode(struct phy_device
> > *phydev,
> Not directly this patch, but dp83869_configure_mode() has:
>
> ret = phy_write(phydev, MII_BMCR, MII_DP83869_BMCR_DEFAULT);
>
> where #define MII_DP83869_BMCR_DEFAULT (BMCR_ANENABLE | \
> BMCR_FULLDPLX | \
> BMCR_SPEED1000)
>
> When considering the previous patch, maybe BMCR_ANENABLE should be
> conditional on the mode being selected?

Indeed, this would definitely make sense.

Thanks,

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Romain Gantois, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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