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SubjectRe: [PATCH] smsc: RFC: Workaround for problems with lan8710 phy auto MDI-X
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From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:14:40 +0000

> On Fri, 2012-11-30 at 12:23 -0500, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
>> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:23:30 +0100 (CET)
>>
>> > 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.


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