netdev - Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 2/4] igb: do not force retry count to 1 on 82580 phy

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Message-Id: <20091223.205527.35050037.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:55:27 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com,
	alexander.h.duyck@...el.com
Subject: Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 2/4] igb: do not force retry count to 1 on
 82580 phy

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:21:07 -0800

> From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
> 
> This change resolves an issue seen in some configurations where the link
> may drop to 100Mb/s even though the link itself supports 1000Mb/s.  The
> issue was root caused to the fact that we were only trying the link once.
> Now instead we will try up to 5 attempts on a faulty cable before
> downshifting to 100Mb/s.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Applied.
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