Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: phy: Ensure the state machine is called when phy is UP

From: Alexandre Belloni <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 00:17:11 +0200

On 16/04/2016 at 00:05:08 +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote :
> > Trace without my patch:
> > libphy: MACB_mii_bus: probed
> > macb f8020000.ethernet eth0: Cadence GEM rev 0x00020120 at 0xf8020000 irq 27 (fc:c2:3d:0c:6e:05)
> > Micrel KSZ8081 or KSZ8091 f8020000.etherne:01: attached PHY driver [Micrel KSZ8081 or KSZ8091] (mii_bus:phy_addr=f8020000.etherne:01, irq=171)
> > Micrel KSZ8081 or KSZ8091 f8020000.etherne:01: PHY state change READY -> READY
> > [...]
> > Micrel KSZ8081 or KSZ8091 f8020000.etherne:01: PHY state change READY -> READY
> 
> Are there some state changes before this? How is it getting to state
> READY? It would expect it to start in DOWN, from when the phy device
> was created in phy_device_create().
> 

No other changes. I forgot to mention that this is when booting with a
cable plugged in. Unplugging and replugging the cable makes the link
detection work fine even without the patch.

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Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
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