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Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 15:45:00 -0500
To: bkostya@hotmail.com
CC: nios2-dev@lists.rocketboards.org; netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2][Nios2-dev] Altera TSE: Add missing phydev
From: davem@davemloft.net

From: Kostya Belezko <redacted>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:27:09 -0500

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Altera network device doesn't come up after

ifconfig eth0 down
ifconfig eth0 up

The reason behind is clearing priv->phydev during tse_shutdown().
The phydev is not restored back at tse_open().

Resubmiting as to follow Tobias Klauser suggestion.
phy_start/phy_stop are called on each ifup/ifdown and
phy_disconnect is called once during the module removal.

Signed-off-by: Kostya Belezko <redacted>

I'll apply this, but I'm pretty sure the phy_disconnect() is down
so that the PHY is powered down when the device is not up.

Hi David,
What do you mean by phy_disconnect() is down?
Originally priv->phydev is NULL (and remains null forever) right after 'ifdown eth0'