Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: phy: mxl-gpy: fix delay time required by loopback disable function

From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 12:21:51 +0000

Hi,

On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 05:43:58PM +0800, Xu Liang wrote:
> GPY2xx devices need 3 seconds to fully switch out of loopback mode
> before it can safely re-enter loopback mode.

Would it be better to record the time that loopback mode is exited,
and then delay an attempt to re-enter loopback mode if it's less than
three seconds since we exited?

Thanks.

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