[U-Boot] [PATCH] net: phy: on phy device create do not initialize link to 1

[Joe Hershberger]

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 5:20 AM, Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm at ti.com> wrote:
> Currently when phy device is created the link variable is
> initialized to 1 which denoted phy link is already up. On a power
> reset there is no issue as phy status register link status will
> not be set, so phy auto negotiate will be started. But when a cpu
> reset is issued (ex: dra72x-evm) phy's link status bit is already
> set which leads to assume that link is already setup in
> genphy_update_link() initial check which results in ehternet not
> working. So do not assume that link is already up and on phy
> device create set link to zero. This is verified on dra72x-evm.
>
> Reported-by: Franklin S Cooper Jr <fcooper at ti.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm at ti.com>

Acked-by: Joe Hershberger <joe.hershberger at ni.com>