On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 03:01:44PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote: > > Thanks Andrew, > > > > it seems that removing Aysm Pause does the trick. > > Great. > > I will submit the patch today. > > I see two possible followups: > > 1) Figure out why auto-neg does not complete when Pause is > advertised. Is this a problem with the local PHY or the link partner? > The Micrel we have some control over, but the link partner in the > switch we have to treat as a black box.
I may have limited scope to configure the link partner, but it will be limited at best. > 2) If we can get negotiation to work correctly, then implement Pause > in the MAC driver. When phylib calls the adjust_link callback > phydev->pause and phydev->asym_pause tells you want the partner can > do. You can then decide how to program the MAC. There is also a > get/set for ethtool. > > It really requires somebody with the hardware to do this. I have the hardware but I'm not sure how easily I can get it to others.
