netdev - Re: [PATCH net] tg3: 5715 does not link up when autoneg off

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Date:	Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:00:11 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	nsujir@...adcom.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, marcinmiotk81@...il.com, mchan@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] tg3: 5715 does not link up when autoneg off

From: "Nithin Nayak Sujir" <nsujir@...adcom.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:32:48 -0700

> From: Nithin Sujir <nsujir@...adcom.com>
> 
> Commit d13ba512cbba7de5d55d7a3b2aae7d83c8921457 cleaned up the autoneg
> advertisement by removing some dead code. One effect of this change was that
> the advertisement register would not be updated if autoneg is turned off.
> 
> This exposed a bug on the 5715 device w.r.t linking. The 5715 defaults
> to advertise only 10Mb Full duplex. But with autoneg disabled, it needs
> the configured speed enabled in the advertisement register to link up.
> 
> This patch adds the work around to advertise all speeds on the 5715 when
> autoneg is disabled.
> 
> Reported-by: Marcin Miotk <marcinmiotk81@...il.com>
> Reviewed-by: Benjamin Li <benli@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nithin Nayak Sujir <nsujir@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>

Applied.
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