Realtek's 8139/810x (0x8136) PCI-E comes with a touchy PHY. A big heavy reset seems to calm it down.
Fix for http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7378. Signed-off-by: Francois Romieu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Darren Salt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/net/r8169.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/r8169.c b/drivers/net/r8169.c index c2c9a86..03c0dc5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/r8169.c +++ b/drivers/net/r8169.c @@ -1442,6 +1442,22 @@ static void rtl8169_release_board(struct free_netdev(dev); } +static void rtl8169_phy_reset(struct net_device *dev, + struct rtl8169_private *tp) +{ + void __iomem *ioaddr = tp->mmio_addr; + int i; + + tp->phy_reset_enable(ioaddr); + for (i = 0; i < 100; i++) { + if (!tp->phy_reset_pending(ioaddr)) + return; + msleep(1); + } + if (netif_msg_link(tp)) + printk(KERN_ERR "%s: PHY reset failed.\n", dev->name); +} + static void rtl8169_init_phy(struct net_device *dev, struct rtl8169_private *tp) { void __iomem *ioaddr = tp->mmio_addr; @@ -1470,6 +1486,8 @@ static void rtl8169_init_phy(struct net_ rtl8169_link_option(board_idx, &autoneg, &speed, &duplex); + rtl8169_phy_reset(dev, tp); + rtl8169_set_speed(dev, autoneg, speed, duplex); if ((RTL_R8(PHYstatus) & TBI_Enable) && netif_msg_link(tp)) -- 1.4.2.3 - 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