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Message-Id: <20070531.145024.52169518.davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 14:50:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To: mchan@...adcom.com
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [TG3]: Fix link problem on Dell's onboard 5906.
From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 15:03:39 -0700
> [TG3]: Fix link problem on Dell's onboard 5906.
>
> The bug is caused by code that always set
> (TG3_FLAG_USE_MI_INTERRUPT | TG3_FLAG_USE_LINKCHG_REG) on all Dell's
> onboard devices. With these 2 flags set, the link status is polled
> by tg3_timer() and will only work when the PHY is set up to interrupt
> the MAC on link changes. This breaks 5906 because the 5906 PHY does
> not support TG3_FLAG_USE_MI_INTERRUPT the same as other PHYs.
>
> For correctness, only Dell's onboard 5701 needs these 2 flags to be
> set. This change will fix the 5906 problem and will change other
> Dell devices except 5700 and 5701 to use the more efficient
> interrupt-driven link changes.
>
> Update version to 3.77.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
Patch applied, thanks for fixing this bug Michael.
That Dell onboard chip logic is definitely my fault :)
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