netdev - Re: [PATCH] sky2: enable rx/tx in sky2_phy

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Date:	Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:37:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	brandon@...p.org
Cc:	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sky2: enable rx/tx in sky2_phy_reinit()

From: Brandon Philips <brandon@...p.org>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:21:58 -0700

> sky2_phy_reinit is called by the ethtool helpers sky2_set_settings,
> sky2_nway_reset and sky2_set_pauseparam when netif_running.
> 
> However, at the end of sky2_phy_init GM_GP_CTRL has GM_GPCR_RX_ENA and
> GM_GPCR_TX_ENA cleared. So, doing these commands causes the device to
> stop working:
> 
> $ ethtool -r eth0
> $ ethtool -A eth0 autoneg off
> 
> Fix this issue by enabling Rx/Tx after running sky2_phy_init in
> sky2_phy_reinit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brandon Philips <bphilips@...e.de>
> Tested-by: Brandon Philips <bphilips@...e.de>
> Cc: stable@...nel.org

Applied, thanks for fixing this bug.
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