netdev - sunhme: infinite retries when link is down

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Date:	Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:15:17 +0400
From:	Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@...il.com>
To:	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: sunhme: infinite retries when link is down

Hi David

I found that sunhme driver produces many annoing messages like this

[ 2045.529735] eth0: Auto-Negotiation unsuccessful, trying force link mode
[ 2055.128729] eth0: Link down, cable problem?
[ 2067.127274] eth0: Auto-Negotiation unsuccessful, trying force link mode
[ 2076.726260] eth0: Link down, cable problem?
[ 2098.783650] eth0: Auto-Negotiation unsuccessful, trying force link mode
[ 2108.382639] eth0: Link down, cable problem?
[ 2120.381189] eth0: Auto-Negotiation unsuccessful, trying force link mode
[ 2129.980186] eth0: Link down, cable problem?

Is it a normal behaviour?

Can we just say "Link down" and do not try to reset it?

2.6.29-05093-gc31f403

Thanks.
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