Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: phy: microchip: run phy initialization during each link update

[Andrew Lunn]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 04:17:33PM +0530, Rakesh Sankaranarayanan wrote:
> PHY initialization is supposed to run on every mode changes.
> "lan87xx_config_aneg()" verifies every mode change using
> "phy_modify_changed()" function. Earlier code had phy_modify_changed()
> followed by genphy_soft_reset. But soft_reset resets all the
> pre-configured register values to default state, and lost all the
> initialization done. With this reason gen_phy_reset was removed.
> But it need to go through init sequence each time the mode changed.
> Update lan87xx_config_aneg() to invoke phy_init once successful mode
> update is detected.
> 
> PHY init sequence added in lan87xx_phy_init() have slave init
> commands executed every time. Update the init sequence to run
> slave init only if phydev is in slave mode.
> 
> Test setup contains LAN9370 EVB connected to SAMA5D3 (Running DSA),
> and issue can be reproduced by connecting link to any of the available
> ports after SAMA5D3 boot-up. With this issue, port will fail to
> update link state. But once the SAMA5D3 is reset with LAN9370 link in
> connected state itself, on boot-up link state will be reported as UP. But
> Again after some time, if link is moved to DOWN state, it will not get
> reported.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rakesh Sankaranarayanan <rakesh.sankaranarayanan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>

    Andrew