From: Anders Larsen <a...@alarsen.net> Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 11:54:40 +0200
> 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> Applied. -- 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/
