So far phy_error() silently stops the PHY state machine. If the network driver doesn't inform about a MDIO error then the user may wonder why his network is down. So let's inform the user.
Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallwe...@gmail.com> --- drivers/net/phy/phy.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c index 890ae1d73..a898fa411 100644 --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c @@ -739,6 +739,8 @@ static void phy_error(struct phy_device *phydev) phydev->state = PHY_HALTED; mutex_unlock(&phydev->lock); + phydev_err(phydev, "stopping PHY state machine due to error\n"); + phy_trigger_machine(phydev); } -- 2.20.0