netdev - Re: e100 breakage located

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Message-ID: <457A7F13.6050002@ufomechanic.net>
Date:	Sat, 09 Dec 2006 09:17:07 +0000
From:	Amin Azez <azez@...mechanic.net>
To:	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Michael.ODonnell@...atus.com,
	NetDEV list <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>
Subject: Re: e100 breakage located

Jesse Brandeburg wrote:
> sorry for the delay, your mail got marked as spam.  In the future
> please copy networking issues to netdev@...r.kernel.org, and be sure
> to copy the maintainers of the driver you're having problems with
> (they are in the MAINTAINERS file)
>
> On 11/22/06, Amin Azez <azez@...mechanic.net> wrote:
>> I notice a patch in 2005 from Micahel O'Donnel to the e100.c driver has
>> stopped auto-crossover working on some e100 devices we use.
>>
>> On one system the auto-negotiation was restored by commenting out:
>> (nic->mac == mac_82551_10) in function e100_phy_init where the MDI/MDI-X
>> is disabled.
>
> are you sure that patch did that?  What version of e100 are you using?
> we've since enabled MDI-X on most parts with this patch:
> http://git.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=60ffa478759f39a2eb3be1ed179bc3764804b2c8;hp=09e590e5d5a93f2eaa748a89c623258e6bad1648 
>
>
> Please try the latest kernel or the latest e100 available from 
> e1000.sf.net
> if that doesn't work we'll need to know what kernel are you using?
Let me have another check and get back to you.

It will be at least a week though.

Thanks for your response.

Sam
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