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

[Mugunthan V N]

On Friday 04 September 2015 09:01 PM, Joe Hershberger wrote:
> 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>
> 

Joe,

A gentle ping on this patch.

Regards
Mugunthan V N