Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: axienet: Set mac_managed_pm

From: Michal Swiatkowski <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 07:56:46 +0100

On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 10:47:40AM +0800, Nick Hu wrote:
> Hi Jacob
> 
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 7:29 AM Jacob Keller <[email-masked]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2/16/2025 9:58 PM, Nick Hu wrote:
> > Nit: subject should include the "net" prefix since this is clearly a bug
> > fix.
> >
> I've added the 'net' prefix to the subject 'net: axienet: Set
> mac_managed_pm'. Is there something I'm missing?
> 

It should be [PATCH net] net: axienet: Set mac_managed_pm
Like here for example [1]. You can look at netdev FAQ [2]. It is
described there how to specify the subject.

Probably you don't need to resend it only because of that.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CAL+tcoC3TuZPTwnHTDvXC+JPoJbgW2UywZ2=xv=E=[email-masked]/T/#m2b5603fbf355216ab035aa0f69c10c5f4ba98772
[2] https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt

Thanks,
Michal

> > > The external PHY will undergo a soft reset twice during the resume process
> > > when it wake up from suspend. The first reset occurs when the axienet
> > > driver calls phylink_of_phy_connect(), and the second occurs when
> > > mdio_bus_phy_resume() invokes phy_init_hw(). The second soft reset of the
> > > external PHY does not reinitialize the internal PHY, which causes issues
> > > with the internal PHY, resulting in the PHY link being down. To prevent
> > > this, setting the mac_managed_pm flag skips the mdio_bus_phy_resume()
> > > function.
> > >
> > > Fixes: a129b41fe0a8 ("Revert "net: phy: dp83867: perform soft reset and retain established link"")
> > > Signed-off-by: Nick Hu <[email-masked]>
> > > ---
> >
> > Otherwise, the fix seems correct to me.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Jacob Keller <[email-masked]>
> >
> > >  drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c | 1 +
> > >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
> > > index 2ffaad0b0477..2deeb982bf6b 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_axienet_main.c
> > > @@ -3078,6 +3078,7 @@ static int axienet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> > >
> > >       lp->phylink_config.dev = &ndev->dev;
> > >       lp->phylink_config.type = PHYLINK_NETDEV;
> > > +     lp->phylink_config.mac_managed_pm = true;
> > >       lp->phylink_config.mac_capabilities = MAC_SYM_PAUSE | MAC_ASYM_PAUSE |
> > >               MAC_10FD | MAC_100FD | MAC_1000FD;
> > >
> >
> 
> Regards,
> Nick