+static int
+ar8xxx_phy_check_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ if (phydev->autoneg != AUTONEG_ENABLE)
+ return 0;
+ /*
+ * BMCR_ANENABLE might have been cleared
+ * by phy_init_hw in certain kernel versions
+ * therefore check for it
+ */
+ ret = phy_read(phydev, MII_BMCR);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+ if (ret & BMCR_ANENABLE)
+ return 0;
+
+ dev_info(&phydev->dev, "ANEG disabled, re-enabling ...\n");
+ ret |= BMCR_ANENABLE | BMCR_ANRESTART;
+ return phy_write(phydev, MII_BMCR, ret);
+}
+