Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Mar 2016 22:44:26 +0100 | From | Francois Romieu <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH net] r8169:Remove unnecessary phy reset for pcie nic when setting link spped. |
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Hau <hau@realtek.com> : [...] > Unless pcie nic has bug, pcie nic does not need to reset phy to let phy link on. > > There is a counter for phy speed down. If phy is in link down state, this > counter will start to count down. When it count to 0, phy will speed down. > Reset phy will reset this counter and prevent phy from speed down.
Thanks for the clarification.
-- Ueimor
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