To start also "phy state machine", with UP state as it should be, the phy_start() has to be used, in another case machine even is not triggered. After this change negotiation is supposed to be triggered by SM workqueue.
It's not correct usage, but it appears after the following patch, so add it as a fix. Fixes: 74a992b3598a ("net: phy: add phy_check_link_status") Signed-off-by: Ivan Khoronzhuk <ikhor...@cisco.com> --- Based on net/master drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c index 3e17ce0d2314..6cb2162a75d4 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c @@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ static int octeon_mgmt_open(struct net_device *netdev) */ if (netdev->phydev) { netif_carrier_off(netdev); - phy_start_aneg(netdev->phydev); + phy_start(netdev->phydev); } netif_wake_queue(netdev); @@ -1247,8 +1247,10 @@ static int octeon_mgmt_stop(struct net_device *netdev) napi_disable(&p->napi); netif_stop_queue(netdev); - if (netdev->phydev) + if (netdev->phydev) { + phy_stop(netdev->phydev); phy_disconnect(netdev->phydev); + } netif_carrier_off(netdev); -- 2.20.1