From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [net-2.6 PATCH] e1000e: reset PHY after errors detected Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:20:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20101028.102009.189706923.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20101028105953.27748.5285.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, gospo@redhat.com, bphilips@novell.com, jesse.brandeburg@intel.com, carolyn.wyborny@intel.com To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:45551 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933965Ab0J1RTq (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:19:46 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20101028105953.27748.5285.stgit@localhost6.localdomain6> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jeff Kirsher Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:59:53 -0700 > From: Carolyn Wyborny > > Some errors can be induced in the PHY via environmental testing > (specifically extreme temperature changes and electro static > discharge testing), and in the case of the PHY hanging due to > this input, this detects the problem and resets to continue. > This issue only applies to 82574 silicon. > > Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg > Signed-off-by: Carolyn Wyborny > Tested-by: Emil Tantilov > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Applied.