Re: [Patch] Fix asix-based gigabit cards connecting to 10 or 100Mbs networks (resend)

David Hollis
2008-11-05T12:26:37Z

On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 05:28 +0200, Pantelis Koukousoulas wrote:
> Sorry for the previous mail, I think this will go as plain text now.
>
> Hi,
> This morning I mentioned a problem with my belkin card not connecting
> to my network.
> The following patch fixes this problem. It would be great to include
> this to 2.6.28.
>
> Thanks,
> Pantelis
>
>
> Add AX_MEDIUM_ENCK also when speed = 10/100Mbps. This allows my belkin
> f5d5055 to work with my 100Mbps switch and with an old 10Mbps ISA card.
> Without this patch, the card is recognized and the interface is brought
> up fine, but no packets actually flow through the interface.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pantelis Koukousoulas <pktoss@gmail.com>
> Cc: David Hollis <dhollis@davehollis.com>
Acked-by: David Hollis <dhollis@davehollis.com>

>
> Index: linux-next/drivers/net/usb/
> asix.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-next.orig/drivers/net/usb/asix.c 2008-11-04
> 19:51:06.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-next/drivers/net/usb/asix.c 2008-11-04 21:32:55.000000000 +0200
> @@ -1102,12 +1102,14 @@
> mode = AX88178_MEDIUM_DEFAULT;
>
> if (ecmd.speed == SPEED_1000)
> - mode |= AX_MEDIUM_GM | AX_MEDIUM_ENCK;
> + mode |= AX_MEDIUM_GM;
> else if (ecmd.speed == SPEED_100)
> mode |= AX_MEDIUM_PS;
> else
> mode &= ~(AX_MEDIUM_PS | AX_MEDIUM_GM);
>
> + mode |= AX_MEDIUM_ENCK;
> +
> if (ecmd.duplex == DUPLEX_FULL)