Since commit a92a08499b1f "r8169: improve runtime pm in general and
suspend unused ports" interfaces w/o link are runtime-suspended after
10s. On systems where drivers take longer to load this can lead to the
situation that the interface is runtime-suspended already when it's
initially brought up.
This shouldn't be a problem because rtl_open() resumes MAC/PHY.
However with at least one chip version the interface doesn't properly
come up, as reported here:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199549
The vendor driver uses a delay to give certain chip versions some
time to resume before starting the PHY configuration. So let's do
the same. I don't know which chip versions may be affected,
therefore apply this delay always.
This patch was reported to fix the issue for RTL8168h.
I was able to reproduce the issue on an Asus H310I-Plus which also
uses a RTL8168h. Also in my case the patch fixed the issue.
Reported-by: Slava Kardakov <o...@ojab.ru>
Tested-by: Slava Kardakov <o...@ojab.ru>
Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallwe...@gmail.com>
---
This patch will not apply to net-next as it conflicts with other
changes which have been done in the meantime. So I'll send a
separate patch for net-next.
---
drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
index 604ae783..c7aac1fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c
@@ -4981,6 +4981,9 @@ static void rtl_pll_power_down(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
static void rtl_pll_power_up(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
{
rtl_generic_op(tp, tp->pll_power_ops.up);
+
+ /* give MAC/PHY some time to resume */
+ msleep(20);
}
static void rtl_init_pll_power_ops(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
--
2.17.0
