Setting the pause parameters causes a running network interface to be
restarted. However, the restart forces the FEC into half-duplex mode,
whether or not the remote end is in half-duplex mode. Misconfigured
duplex mode is a known source of problems on a link.
Fix this by always preserving the duplex mode on configuration changes.
Signed-off-by: Russell King <redacted>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
index 6156d423a6a9..c79d604372a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ static int fec_enet_set_pauseparam(struct net_device *ndev,
if (netif_running(ndev)) {
napi_disable(&fep->napi);
netif_tx_lock_bh(ndev);
- fec_restart(ndev, 0);
+ fec_restart(ndev, fep->full_duplex);
netif_wake_queue(ndev);
netif_tx_unlock_bh(ndev);
napi_enable(&fep->napi);--
1.8.3.1