Re: [PATCH net v2] r8169:Remove unnecessary phy reset for pcie nic when setting link spped.

From: David Miller
Date: Sun Mar 13 2016 - 22:33:20 EST


From: Chunhao Lin <hau@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:21:14 +0800

> For pcie nic, after setting link speed and there is no link driver does not need
> to do phy reset until link up.
>
> For some pcie nics, to do this will also reset phy speed down counter and prevent
> phy from auto speed down.
>
> This patch fix the issue reported in following link.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1547151
>
> Signed-off-by: Chunhao Lin <hau@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.