Re: [PATCH net-next] stmmac: call stmmac_init_phy from stmmac_dvr_probe

[Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@synopsys.com>]

Às 5:44 PM de 3/20/2017, Niklas Cassel escreveu:
> On 03/20/2017 06:42 PM, Joao Pinto wrote:
>> Às 5:29 PM de 3/20/2017, Niklas Cassel escreveu:
>>> From: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@axis.com>
>>>
>>> It is usually possible to do
>>> ethtool -s autoneg on
>>> so that you trigger an autoneg before calling
>>> ip link set dev eth0 up
>>>
>>> However, stmmac returns -EBUSY if !netif_running.
>>> The only reason for this appears to be that stmmac_init_phy
>>> is called from stmmac_open instead of from stmmac_dvr_probe.
>>>
>>> Move stmmac_init_phy to stmmac_dvr_probe so that ethool
>>> works as soon as register_netdev has been called.
>>> stmmac_check_ether_addr was also moved to probe,
>>> so that the ordering doesn't change.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@axis.com>
>>> ---
>> Hi Niklas, did you test this patch?
> 
> I tested it on our hardware, but it would be nice
> if you could test it on your side, since you are
> using the PCI glue layer.
> 

Ok, I can do that. As Florian stated in a past e-mail, this change might not be
compatible with all setups.

Joao