A special sequence of ifconfig up/down and plug/unplug the cable can break the duplex configuration of the driver.
Setting vp->mii.full_duplex = vp->full_duplex in vortex_up should fix this. Addresses Bug 8575 3c59x duplex configuration broken http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8575 Cc: Martin Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/net/3c59x.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- linux-2.6.23-rc2.orig/drivers/net/3c59x.c +++ linux-2.6.23-rc2/drivers/net/3c59x.c @@ -1555,6 +1555,7 @@ vortex_up(struct net_device *dev) mii_reg1 = mdio_read(dev, vp->phys[0], MII_BMSR); mii_reg5 = mdio_read(dev, vp->phys[0], MII_LPA); vp->partner_flow_ctrl = ((mii_reg5 & 0x0400) != 0); + vp->mii.full_duplex = vp->full_duplex; vortex_check_media(dev, 1); } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
