Thread (42 messages) 42 messages, 7 authors, 2014-07-08
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[PATCH CFT 03/30] net: fec: fix ethtool set_pauseparam duplex bug

From: Russell King <hidden>
Date: 2014-06-27 15:19:08
Also in: linux-arm-kernel
Subsystem: freescale imx / mxc fec driver, networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers: Wei Fang, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds

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 a91fe68030e6..045ea71f2b59 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
@@ -1897,7 +1897,7 @@ static int fec_enet_set_pauseparam(struct net_device *ndev,
 		phy_start_aneg(fep->phy_dev);
 	}
 	if (netif_running(ndev))
-		fec_restart(ndev, 0);
+		fec_restart(ndev, fep->full_duplex);
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
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