netdev - Re: [PATCH] forcedeth: power down phy when interface is down

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Message-ID: <46F1D83B.5070100@nvidia.com>
Date:	Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:17:31 -0400
From:	Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@...dia.com>
To:	Ed Swierk <eswierk@...stra.com>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] forcedeth: power down phy when interface is down

It seems that you are powering down the phy even if WOL is enabled.

Secondly, can you powerdown the phy at the same time you start 
performing autoneg restart?


Ed Swierk wrote:
> Bring the physical link down when the interface is down, by placing
> the PHY in power-down state. This mirrors the behavior of other
> drivers including e1000 and tg3.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ed Swierk <eswierk@...stra.com>
> 

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