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[net,1/3] net: phy: bcm7xxx: workaround MDIO management controller initial read

Message ID 1435340314-10229-3-git-send-email-f.fainelli@gmail.com
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Florian Fainelli June 26, 2015, 5:38 p.m. UTC 
The initial MDIO read or write towards the BCM7xxx integrated PHY may
fail, workaround this by inserting a dummy MII_BMSR read to force the
MDIO management controller to see at least one valid transaction and get
out of stuck state out of reset.

Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/phy/bcm7xxx.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/bcm7xxx.c b/drivers/net/phy/bcm7xxx.c
index 4dea85bfc545..6b701b3ded74 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/bcm7xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/bcm7xxx.c
@@ -246,6 +246,13 @@  static int bcm7xxx_28nm_config_init(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	pr_info_once("%s: %s PHY revision: 0x%02x, patch: %d\n",
 		     dev_name(&phydev->dev), phydev->drv->name, rev, patch);
 
+	/* Dummy read to a register to workaround an issue upon reset where the
+	 * internal inverter may not allow the first MDIO transaction to pass
+	 * the MDIO management controller and make us return 0xffff for such
+	 * reads.
+	 */
+	phy_read(phydev, MII_BMSR);
+
 	switch (rev) {
 	case 0xb0:
 		ret = bcm7xxx_28nm_b0_afe_config_init(phydev);