From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stas Sergeev Subject: [PATCH 0/2] mvneta: implement ethtool autonegotiation control Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 20:32:24 +0300 Message-ID: <565F2B28.4080501@list.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Linux kernel , Thomas Petazzoni , Russell King - ARM Linux To: netdev Return-path: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org These 2 patches add an ability to control the autonegotiation via ethtool. For example: ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off ethtool -s eth0 autoneg on This is needed if you want to connect the mvneta's MII to different switches or PHYs: the ones the do support the in-band status, and the ones that do not.