hayeswang [off-list ref] :

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

                                   ^^^^^^^^^^ -> "and"

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tp->link_ok could be good enough.

As a policy we may assume that capabilities of the link partner won't
change after a link loss event - and there is currently no way we can
change this policy - but it won't always work as expected (especially
if "expected == automagically").

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

I don't get your point. Can you reformulate ?

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Ueimor