phy link status not stable

Hi

While doing ifdown/ifup test, phy link up status is very much delayed and also link up/down comes alternatively without physical link changes which leads to ifup failure. in v3.12 internal tree there is no failure. Pasting the logs below.

root@am437x-evm:~# ifup eth0
[  652.633204] net eth0: initializing cpsw version 1.15 (0)
[  652.717428] net eth0: phy found : id is : 0x221622
udhcpc (v1.20.2) started
Sending discover...
Sending discover...
[  658.717859] cpsw 4a100000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full -
flow control rx/tx
Sending discover...
[  660.717894] cpsw 4a100000.ethernet eth0: Link is Down
[  661.717937] cpsw 4a100000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full -
flow control rx/tx
No lease, failing
root@am437x-evm:~# udhcpc
udhcpc (v1.20.2) started
Sending discover...
Sending select for 172.24.190.6...
Lease of 172.24.190.6 obtained, lease time 3600
/etc/udhcpc.d/50default: Adding DNS 192.0.2.2
/etc/udhcpc.d/50default: Adding DNS 192.0.2.3
root@am437x-evm:~#

Is this a known issue or any pointers where to look for clues?

Setup: TI-AM437x EVM
Phy: Micrel KSZ9031 Gigabit PHY

Thanks,
Mugunthan V N

2014-09-16 9:26 GMT-07:00 Mugunthan V N <[email protected]>:

Assuming your driver calls phy_start() and phy_stop() from the ndo_open() resp. ndo_stop() functions, these function calls are not synchronous, as in they do not wait for the link to go UP resp. DOWN before returning. The PHY state machine gets programmed to a new state from phy_start() resp. phy_stop() and the next workqueue execution will proceed with an actual state change.

This is not a known issue AFAICT, is the link really flapping? Not sure if [1] could explain what you are seeing?

[1]: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=95e8b10393f88a0db88d97e9d1953f01c854315a
could ex

Florian