Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 11 Jan 2016 17:17:23 -0500 (EST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net: phy: turn carrier off on phy attach | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd.simons@collabora.co.uk> Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2016 19:44:05 +0100
> The operstate of a networking device initially IF_OPER_UNKNOWN aka > "unknown", updated on carrier state changes (with carrier state being on > by default). This means it will stay unknown unless the carrier state > goes to off at some point, which is not the case if the phy is already > up/connected at startup. > > Explicitly turn off the carrier on phy attach, leaving the phy state > machine to turn the carrier on when it has done the initial negotiation. > > Signed-off-by: Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd.simons@collabora.co.uk>
Florian or Andrew, please review this.
Thanks.
> > --- > > drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c | 5 +++++ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c > index 0bfbaba..a30ce1a 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c > +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c > @@ -668,6 +668,11 @@ int phy_attach_direct(struct net_device *dev, struct phy_device *phydev, > > phydev->state = PHY_READY; > > + /* Signal to the core network layer the phy supports > + * carrier detection > + */ > + netif_carrier_off(phydev->attached_dev); > + > /* Do initial configuration here, now that > * we have certain key parameters > * (dev_flags and interface) > -- > 2.7.0.rc3 >
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