netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/6] [BNX2]: Fix remote PHY initial link state.

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Date:	Fri, 02 May 2008 16:58:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mchan@...adcom.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, benli@...adcom.com, andy@...yhouse.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/6] [BNX2]: Fix remote PHY initial link state.

From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:51:01 -0700

> [BNX2]: Fix remote PHY initial link state.
> 
> On some remote PHY blade systems, the driver receives no initial link
> interrupt.  As a result, the GMII/MII MAC mode does not get setup properly.
> To fix this problem, we add an initial poll of the link state after chip
> reset.
> 
> With this change, the setting of the initial carrier state in the init
> code can be eliminated.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Li <benli@...adcom.com>

Applied.
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