[PATCH 1/1] net: stmmac: start PHY early in __stmmac_open

[Russell King (Oracle)]

On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 06:34:13PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > NAK. A patch similar to this has already been sent.
> > 
> > The problem with just moving this is that phylink can call the
> > mac_link_up() method *before* phylink_start() has returned - and as
> > this driver has not completed the setup, it doesn't expect the link
> > to come up at that point.
> > 
> > There are several issues with this driver wanting the PHY clock early,
> > and there have been two people working on addressing this previously,
> > proposing two different changes to phylink.
> > 
> > I sent them away to talk to each other and come back with a unified
> > solution. Shock horror, they never came back.
> > 
> > Now we seem to be starting again from the beginning.
> > 
> > stmmac folk really need to get a handle on this so reviewers are not
> > having to NAK similar patches time and time again, resulting in the
> > problem not being solved.
> 
> And just adding to that, Developers should also get into the habit of
> searching to see if somebody has already tried and failed to solve the
> problem.
> 
> “Those Who Do Not Learn History Are Doomed To Repeat It.”
> 
> Try avoiding wasting everybody's times by learning a bit of history.

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(Yes, factorial too! :) )

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