From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([2001:6f8:1178:4:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.76 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1TSQwM-0005J1-Px for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Sun, 28 Oct 2012 11:22:03 +0000 Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 12:21:59 +0100 From: Sascha Hauer Message-ID: <20121028112159.GU24458@pengutronix.de> References: <1351101988-6681-1-git-send-email-s.hauer@pengutronix.de> <20121024183359.GN21588@game.jcrosoft.org> <20121025063711.GC27665@pengutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121025063711.GC27665@pengutronix.de> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: barebox-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] net phy: poll for a link To: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org Jean-Christophe, On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 08:37:11AM +0200, Sascha Hauer wrote: > On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 08:33:59PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > > On 20:06 Wed 24 Oct , Sascha Hauer wrote: > > > Since we have phylib we have no instance which polls for a link. This > > > means that network boot often bails out after a powercycle or phy reset. > > > This changes the link status behaviour to: > > > > > > - Always check for a link if the last link test was unsuccesful > > > - If the last check was succesful, check for a link when the last > > > check is longer than 5 seconds ago > > > - Try to get a link for 5 seconds. > > 5 seconds is too long > > > > and check the link is wrong you need to check the autoneg > > the link may be down because no cable > > > > Here we need to check the autoneg is finished > > and the phy is up > > > > so use phy_aneg_done and genphy_config_aneg is for this > > phy_aneg_done is not exported and genphy_config_aneg is for phy driver > use only. > > Could you prepare a patch for this? You insisted hard on getting this > merged in the first place and seem to know what has to be done. Will you prepare a patch for this? This is really something I want to have solved before the next release and right now I do not understand your proposed solution to this. Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox