linux-kernel - Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 2/2] e1000e: disable force K1-off feature

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Date:   Fri, 19 Jul 2019 01:47:54 +0000
From:   "Brown, Aaron F" <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>
To:     "Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 2/2] e1000e: disable force K1-off
 feature

On Mon, 2019-07-08 at 12:55 +0800, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:
> Forwardport from http://mails.dpdk.org/archives/dev/2016-November/050658.html
> 
> MAC-PHY desync may occur causing misdetection of link up event.
> Disabling K1-off feature can work around the problem.
> 
> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204057
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kai-Heng Feng <kai.heng.feng@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/hw.h      | 1 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c | 3 +++
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 

Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>