RE: [Intel-wired-lan] e1000e: PHY cann't be initialized correctly on some I218 controllers

Hello Denis,
In case this reset help you fix initialization error of I218 you can use it locally on your system. How many system with I218 encountered with initialization error on your side?

Thanks,
Sasha
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Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] e1000e: PHY cann't be initialized correctly on some I218 controllers

-----Original Message-----
From: Avargil, Raanan
Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2016 8:11 AM
To: Denis Turischev <redacted>; intel-wired- 
lan@lists.osuosl.org; Brown, Aaron F [off-list ref]; 
Kirsher, Jeffrey T [off-list ref]
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] e1000e: PHY cann't be initialized 
correctly on some I218 controllers



On 8/7/2016 11:56, Denis Turischev wrote:

quoted

Hi Raanan,

On 08/04/2016 07:18 PM, Raanan Avargil wrote:

quoted

It is hard to determine what is exactly the problem here and what 
causes

the -3 error, but this is not the place to perform hw reset and retry 
to init the phy.

quoted

I agree that may be this is not the correct place for hw reset, can 
you advice

about another solution?

quoted

It works, not only for me, for example it helps here:
http://www.linux.org.ru/forum/linux-hardware/10268216

Another fact that Windows drivers work fine with the same hw.

Denis

Hi Denis,

More suitable place to retry init the device would be in probe function.
However, we haven't seen initialization issues like this on i218.

Adding Aaron.

@Aaron - have you seen initialization errors on i218 devices?

I have not.  But I don't have many systems with i218 so all that means is my systems do not exhibit the problem.

Raanan

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