Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH] net: phy: realtek: Introduce quirk to mark RXC not stoppable

On 23/01/19 16:19, Joe Hershberger wrote:

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•     transitions to/from a lower power consumption level (Low 
  

Power Idle

•     mode) based on link utilization. When no packets are being
  

•     transmitted, the system goes to Low Power Idle mode to save power.
  

•     Under particular circumstances this setting can cause issues where
  

•     the PHY is unable to transmit or receive any packet when in LPI mode.
  

•     The problem is caused when the PHY is configured to stop receiving
  

•     the xMII clock while it is signaling LPI. When not stated otherwise
  

•     this bit is set by libphy in the linux kernel.
  

This seems to be copied from Linux, please update to describe what happens in U-Boot.

It is not copied from Linux. The problem is that the libphy in the kernel is flipping this bit and this is causing the issue in U-Boot on reboot. So I'm saying exactly that.