netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] mdio: Advertise pause (flow control) settings even if autoneg is off

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Date:	Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:01:53 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mdio: Advertise pause (flow control) settings even
 if autoneg is off

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:26:17 +0100

> Currently, if pause autoneg is off we do not set either pause
> advertising flag.  If autonegotiation of speed and duplex settings is
> enabled, there is no way for the link partner to distinguish this from
> our refusing to use pause frames.
> 
> We should instead set the advertising flags according to the forced
> mode so that the link partner can follow our lead.  This is consistent
> with the behaviour of other drivers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>

Applied to net-next-2.6
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