[U-Boot] [PATCH] net: phy: realtek: Introduce quirk to mark RXC not stoppable

[Carlo Caione]

On 23/01/19 16:19, Joe Hershberger wrote:

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>> +         transitions to/from a lower power consumption level (Low 
>> Power Idle
>> +         mode) based on link utilization. When no packets are being
>> +         transmitted, the system goes to Low Power Idle mode to save power.
>> +
>> +         Under particular circumstances this setting can cause issues where
>> +         the PHY is unable to transmit or receive any packet when in LPI mode.
>> +         The problem is caused when the PHY is configured to stop receiving
>> +         the xMII clock while it is signaling LPI. When not stated otherwise
>> +         this bit is set by libphy in the linux kernel.
>
>This seems to be copied from Linux, please update to describe what
>happens in U-Boot.

It is not copied from Linux. The problem is that the libphy in the 
kernel is flipping this bit and this is causing the issue in U-Boot on 
reboot. So I'm saying exactly that.

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Carlo Caione