net: phy: at803x: Add support for hardware reset

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The AT8030 will enter a FIFO error mode if a packet is transmitted while
the cable is unplugged. This hardware issue is acknowledged by the
vendor, and the only proposed solution is to conduct a hardware reset
via the external pin each time the link goes down. There is apparantly
no way to fix up the state via the register set.

This patch adds support for reading a 'reset-gpios' property from the DT
node of the PHY. If present, this gpio is used to apply a hardware reset
each time a 'link down' condition is detected. All relevant registers
are read out before, and written back after the reset cycle.

Doing this every time the link goes down might seem like overkill, but
there is unfortunately no way of figuring out whether the PHY is in
such a lock-up state. Hence, this is the only way of reliably fixing up
things.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <zonque@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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Daniel Mack 2014-06-18 11:01:43 +02:00 • committed by David S. Miller

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