netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: fec: restart the FEC when PHY speed changes

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Message-Id: <20130315.084734.1157021927559145476.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 15 Mar 2013 08:47:34 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	l.stach@...gutronix.de
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Frank.Li@...escale.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fec: restart the FEC when PHY speed changes

From: Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:12:01 +0100

> Proviously we would only restart the FEC when PHY link or duplex state
> changed. PHY does not always bring down the link for speed changes, in
> which case we would not detect any change and keep FEC running.
> 
> Switching link speed without restarting the FEC results in the FEC being
> stuck in an indefinite state, generating error conditions for every
> packet.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>

Applied.
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