From: "Michael Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 15:03:39 -0700
> [TG3]: Fix link problem on Dell's onboard 5906. > > The bug is caused by code that always set > (TG3_FLAG_USE_MI_INTERRUPT | TG3_FLAG_USE_LINKCHG_REG) on all Dell's > onboard devices. With these 2 flags set, the link status is polled > by tg3_timer() and will only work when the PHY is set up to interrupt > the MAC on link changes. This breaks 5906 because the 5906 PHY does > not support TG3_FLAG_USE_MI_INTERRUPT the same as other PHYs. > > For correctness, only Dell's onboard 5701 needs these 2 flags to be > set. This change will fix the 5906 problem and will change other > Dell devices except 5700 and 5701 to use the more efficient > interrupt-driven link changes. > > Update version to 3.77. > > Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Patch applied, thanks for fixing this bug Michael. That Dell onboard chip logic is definitely my fault :) - 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
