When attempting to change e.g. the advertising mask when the link is down ecmd->speed is -1 causing mii_ethtool_sset() to bail out.
This bug bit when connecting to a gigabit switch through a 4-pin (industrial) cable, since link negotiation would not complete (both endpoints claimed to be gigabit-capable, but this is not possible with only 4 pins). Any attempt to fix this by setting autonegation to not offer 1000Mbps failed as the setting would not be accepted while the link was still down... Set ecmd->speed to SPEED_1000 to satisfy mii_ethtool_sset() (the actual value of ecmd->speed doesn't matter as long as it is valid, since a re-negotation is forced afterwards). Signed-off-by: Anders Larsen <a...@alarsen.net> --- .../ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_ethtool.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_ethtool.c index 1129db0..f0ceb89 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_ethtool.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_ethtool.c @@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ static int pch_gbe_set_settings(struct net_device *netdev, * filled by get_settings() on a down link, speed is -1: */ if (speed == UINT_MAX) { speed = SPEED_1000; + ethtool_cmd_speed_set(ecmd, speed); ecmd->duplex = DUPLEX_FULL; } ret = mii_ethtool_sset(&adapter->mii, ecmd); -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/