netdev - Re: [REGRESSION] 5.3-rc1: r8169: remove 1000/Half from supported modes

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Date:   Fri, 26 Jul 2019 22:24:54 +0200
From:   Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
To:     Bernhard Held <berny156@....de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [REGRESSION] 5.3-rc1: r8169: remove 1000/Half from supported
 modes

On 26.07.2019 22:16, Bernhard Held wrote:
> Hi Heiner,
> 
> with commit a6851c613fd7 "r8169: remove 1000/Half from supported modes" my RTL8111B GB-link stops working. It thinks that it established a link, however nothing is actually transmitted. Setting the mode with `mii-tool -F 100baseTx-HD` establishes a successful connection.
> 
Can you provide standard ethtool output w/ and w/o this patch? Also a full dmesg output
with the patch would be helpful.
Is "100baseTx-HD" a typo and you mean GBit? And any special reason why you set half duplex?

> Reverting a6851c613fd7 (while considering the file name change) fixes autonegotiation for me.
> 
> Kind regards
> Bernhard
> 
Heiner