MAC-PHY desync may occur causing misdetection of link up event. Disabling K1-off feature can work around the problem.
Signed-off-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu at intel.com> --- drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_hw.h | 1 + drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_ich8lan.c | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_hw.h b/drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_hw.h index 14e2e87..39a2a41 100644 --- a/drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_hw.h +++ b/drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_hw.h @@ -960,6 +960,7 @@ struct e1000_dev_spec_ich8lan { E1000_MUTEX nvm_mutex; E1000_MUTEX swflag_mutex; bool nvm_k1_enabled; + bool disable_k1_off; bool eee_disable; u16 eee_lp_ability; #ifdef ULP_SUPPORT diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_ich8lan.c b/drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_ich8lan.c index 89265d2..92d92c8 100644 --- a/drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_ich8lan.c +++ b/drivers/net/e1000/base/e1000_ich8lan.c @@ -1688,6 +1688,9 @@ STATIC s32 e1000_check_for_copper_link_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw) fextnvm6 &= ~E1000_FEXTNVM6_K1_OFF_ENABLE; } + if (hw->dev_spec.ich8lan.disable_k1_off == true) + fextnvm6 &= ~E1000_FEXTNVM6_K1_OFF_ENABLE; + E1000_WRITE_REG(hw, E1000_FEXTNVM6, fextnvm6); } -- 1.9.3