Re: [PATCH] smsc: RFC: Workaround for problems with lan8710 phy auto MDI-X

From: Ben Hutchings <redacted>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:14:40 +0000

On Fri, 2012-11-30 at 12:23 -0500, David Miller wrote:

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From: Jiri Kosina <redacted>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:23:30 +0100 (CET)

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Of course it'd be far better if faulty hardware can be autodetected in 
runtime.

That is how this must be handled.

Well, we also have the recent extension to ETHTOOL_SSET for forcing
MDI-X on or off.  If it's not possible to detect the faulty hardware
then the driver can implement this.

Agreed.