Messages in this thread | | | From | (Arnaud Ebalard) | Subject | Re: [PATCH net v5 0/4] net: enable inband link state negotiation only when explicitly requested | Date | Tue, 21 Jul 2015 22:18:00 +0200 |
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Hi guys,
Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> writes:
> Changes in v5: > > - removed an invalid use of the link_update callback in the SF2 driver > was appeared after merging "net: phy: fixed_phy: handle link-down case" > > - reworded the commit message for patch 2 to make it clear what it fixes and > why this is required > > Initial cover letter from Stas: > > Hello. > > Currently the link status auto-negotiation is enabled > for any SGMII link with fixed-link DT binding. > The regression was reported: > https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/7/8/865 > Apparently not all HW that implements SGMII protocol, generates the > inband status for the auto-negotiation to work. > More details here: > https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/7/10/206 > > The following patches reverts to the old behavior by default, > which is to not enable the auto-negotiation for fixed-link. > The new DT property is added that allows to explicitly request > the auto-negotiation.
FWIW, I tested this v5 series on mirabox (2 mvneta interfaces using RGMII); both interfaces still work as expected, i.e. no regression on my side.
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