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Message-ID: <20130330124256.GA19236@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:42:56 +0100
From: Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To: hayeswang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
bowgotsai@...gle.com, "'Ryankao'" <ryankao@...ltek.com>
Subject: Re: r8169 auto speed down issue
hayeswang <hayeswang@...ltek.com> :
[...]
> Sorry for my unclear descriptor. I just think a case that the nic suspends or
> shutdowns without cable plugging. Then, the cable is plugged again. If the nic
> speed down to 10M and the link partner force 100M, the issue appears again. If
> the nic doesn't speed down for normal link partner, it requires more power
> when the linking recovers.
Yes. The nic can not guess what the user values most: power saving in a
stable link layer configuration vs ability to detect and adapt to a yet
unseen configuration.
It could be a reason why EEE exists.
> Finally, I determine to set the speed to 10M when the link partner supports
> 10M. And for the other case, setting the speed to 100M. This avoids the giga
> nic to keep the speed to 1000M, and could fix this issue.
> However, I wonder if there is a switch which forces the speed to giga.
We can check if the partner supports 100M too. It's almost free and it will
avoid this problem.
--
Ueimor
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