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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/phy/smsc.c25
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c b/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c
index 09fbc30bfd3d..6a43f6d6e85c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/smsc.c
@@ -155,10 +155,29 @@ static int smsc_phy_reset(struct phy_device *phydev)
static int lan87xx_config_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev)
{
- int rc;
+ u8 mdix_ctrl;
int val;
+ int rc;
+
+ /* When auto-negotiation is disabled (forced mode), the PHY's
+ * Auto-MDIX will continue toggling the TX/RX pairs.
+ *
+ * To establish a stable link, we must select a fixed MDI mode.
+ * If the user has not specified a fixed MDI mode (i.e., mdix_ctrl is
+ * 'auto'), we default to ETH_TP_MDI. This choice of a ETH_TP_MDI mode
+ * mirrors the behavior the hardware would exhibit if the AUTOMDIX_EN
+ * strap were configured for a fixed MDI connection.
+ */
+ if (phydev->autoneg == AUTONEG_DISABLE) {
+ if (phydev->mdix_ctrl == ETH_TP_MDI_AUTO)
+ mdix_ctrl = ETH_TP_MDI;
+ else
+ mdix_ctrl = phydev->mdix_ctrl;
+ } else {
+ mdix_ctrl = phydev->mdix_ctrl;
+ }
- switch (phydev->mdix_ctrl) {
+ switch (mdix_ctrl) {
case ETH_TP_MDI:
val = SPECIAL_CTRL_STS_OVRRD_AMDIX_;
break;
@@ -184,7 +203,7 @@ static int lan87xx_config_aneg(struct phy_device *phydev)
rc |= val;
phy_write(phydev, SPECIAL_CTRL_STS, rc);
- phydev->mdix = phydev->mdix_ctrl;
+ phydev->mdix = mdix_ctrl;
return genphy_config_aneg(phydev);
}