netdev - Re: [PATCH] smsc: RFC: Workaround for problems with lan8710 phy auto MDI-X

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Message-Id: <20121130.150048.112475787724653030.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:00:48 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	jkosina@...e.cz, pt@...consequence.de, otavio@...ystems.com.br,
	javier@...hile0.org, chohnstaedt@...ominate.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] smsc: RFC: Workaround for problems with lan8710 phy
 auto MDI-X

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:14:40 +0000

> On Fri, 2012-11-30 at 12:23 -0500, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
>> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:23:30 +0100 (CET)
>> 
>> > Of course it'd be far better if faulty hardware can be autodetected in 
>> > runtime.
>> 
>> That is how this must be handled.
> 
> Well, we also have the recent extension to ETHTOOL_SSET for forcing
> MDI-X on or off.  If it's not possible to detect the faulty hardware
> then the driver can implement this.

Agreed.
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