linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] netdev: carrier detect ok, don't turn off negotiation

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Date:   Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:38:40 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dudenis2000@...oo.ca
Cc:     khc@...waw.pl, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netdev: carrier detect ok, don't turn off negotiation

From: Denis Du <dudenis2000@...oo.ca>
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 16:51:42 -0500

> Sometimes when physical lines have a just good noise to make the protocol
> handshaking fail, but the carrier detect still good. Then after remove of
> the noise, nobody will trigger this protocol to be start again to cause
> the link to never come back. The fix is when the carrier is still on, not
> terminate the protocol handshaking.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Denis Du <dudenis2000@...oo.ca>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.