Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove old PHY reset hack

2018-07-02 Thread David Miller
From: Heiner Kallweit Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2018 00:25:19 +0200 > This hack (affecting the non-PCIe models only) was introduced in 2004 > to deal with link negotiation failures in 1GBit mode. Based on a > comment in the r8169 vendor driver I assume the issue affects RTL8169sb > in combination with par

Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove old PHY reset hack

2018-07-01 Thread Heiner Kallweit
On 01.07.2018 00:25, Heiner Kallweit wrote: > This hack (affecting the non-PCIe models only) was introduced in 2004 > to deal with link negotiation failures in 1GBit mode. Based on a > comment in the r8169 vendor driver I assume the issue affects RTL8169sb > in combination with particular 1GBit swi

[PATCH net-next] r8169: remove old PHY reset hack

2018-06-30 Thread Heiner Kallweit
This hack (affecting the non-PCIe models only) was introduced in 2004 to deal with link negotiation failures in 1GBit mode. Based on a comment in the r8169 vendor driver I assume the issue affects RTL8169sb in combination with particular 1GBit switch models. Resetting the PHY every 10s and hoping