Francois Romieu [mailto:romieu@fr.zoreil.com] 
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Your description suggests that testing against the link 
partner ability
to work at 10M instead of testing for tp->link_ok could be 
good enough.

Does it make sense ?

Furthermore, should it not speed down without linking, even though the cable
would be plugged after suspending or shutdowning?

Best Regards,
Hayes