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Date:	Mon, 14 Jun 2010 02:04:17 -0700
From:	"Yaniv Rosner" <yaniv.rosner@...adcom.com>
To:	"Simon Horman" <horms@...ge.net.au>
cc:	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Eilon Greenstein" <eilong@...adcom.com>, "ole@....pl" <ole@....pl>
Subject: RE: [net-next PATCH] bnx2x: Fix link problem with some DACs

Simon,
The previous comment refers to HW limitation of older PHY version which is related only to write operation that we don't do anyhow.

Regards,
Yaniv
-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Horman [mailto:horms@...ge.net.au] 
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 11:50 AM
To: Yaniv Rosner
Cc: davem@...emloft.net; netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH] bnx2x: Fix link problem with some DACs

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 01:26:28PM +0300, Yaniv Rosner wrote:
> Change 2wire transfer rate of SFP+ module EEPROM from 400Khz to 100Khz since some DACs(direct attached cables) do not work at 400Khz.
> 
> Reported-by: Krzysztof Oldzki <ole@....pl>
> Signed-off-by: Yaniv Rosner <yanivr@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c b/drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c
> index ff70be8..600bc44 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/bnx2x_link.c
> @@ -4266,14 +4266,15 @@ static u8 bnx2x_ext_phy_init(struct link_params *params, struct link_vars *vars)
>  					       MDIO_PMA_REG_10G_CTRL2, 0x0008);
>  			}
>  
> -			/* Set 2-wire transfer rate to 400Khz since 100Khz
> -			is not operational */

Doesn't the above comment indicate there is some HW where 100Khz doesn't work?

> +			/* Set 2-wire transfer rate of SFP+ module EEPROM
> +			to 100Khz since some DACs(direct attached cables) do
> +			not work at 400Khz.*/
>  			bnx2x_cl45_write(bp, params->port,
>  				       ext_phy_type,
>  				       ext_phy_addr,
>  				       MDIO_PMA_DEVAD,
>  				       MDIO_PMA_REG_8727_TWO_WIRE_SLAVE_ADDR,
> -				       0xa101);
> +				       0xa001);
>  
>  			/* Set TX PreEmphasis if needed */
>  			if ((params->feature_config_flags &
> 
> 
> 
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