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Revision 242bcd5ba1dcea802c0ad03344f626a727212399 authored by Alexander Kochetkov on 13 November 2014, 01:26:19 UTC, committed by David S. Miller on 13 November 2014, 19:37:53 UTC
The patch affect SMSC LAN generation 4 chips with integrated PHY (LAN9221). It is possible that PHY could enter power-down mode (ENERGYON clear), between ENERGYON bit check in smsc911x_phy_disable_energy_detect and SRST bit set in smsc911x_soft_reset. This could happen, for example, if someone disconnect ethernet cable between the checks. The PHY in a power-down mode would prevent the MAC portion of chip to be software reseted. Initially found by code review, confirmed later using test case. This is low probability issue, and in order to reproduce it you have to run the script: while true; do ifconfig eth0 down ifconfig eth0 up || break done While the script is running you have to plug/unplug ethernet cable many times (using gpio controlled ethernet switch, for example) until get: [ 4516.477783] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [ 4516.512207] smsc911x smsc911x.0: eth0: SMSC911x/921x identified at 0xce006000, IRQ: 336 [ 4516.524658] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [ 4516.559082] smsc911x smsc911x.0: eth0: SMSC911x/921x identified at 0xce006000, IRQ: 336 [ 4516.571990] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready ifconfig: SIOCSIFFLAGS: Input/output error The patch was reviewed by Steve Glendinning and Microchip Team. Signed-off-by: Alexander Kochetkov <al.kochet@gmail.com> Acked-by: Steve Glendinning <steve.glendinning@shawell.net> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Tip revision: 242bcd5ba1dcea802c0ad03344f626a727212399 authored by Alexander Kochetkov on 13 November 2014, 01:26:19 UTC
net/smsc911x: Fix rare soft reset timeout issue due to PHY power-down mode
net/smsc911x: Fix rare soft reset timeout issue due to PHY power-down mode
Tip revision: 242bcd5
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