netdev - Re: [PATCH] RFC: Broadcom PHY forcing fix

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64N.0701261613550.15582@blysk.ds.pg.gda.pl>
Date:	Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:19:01 +0000 (GMT)
From:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>
To:	Kumar Gala <galak@...nel.crashing.org>
cc:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>,
	Andy Fleming <afleming@...escale.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RFC: Broadcom PHY forcing fix

On Fri, 26 Jan 2007, Kumar Gala wrote:

> It looks like phy_timer has changed a bit in 2.6.20-rc6, what exactly was the
> intent of these changes?

 As I wrote, I'll have a look at these patches after 2.6.20 again.  These 
bits are from September (see the timestamps) and some of them may well 
have become irrelevant.

 The additional timeout was meant to let the driver go back to 
autonegotiation once a cycle through all the forced speeds has failed.

  Maciej
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