RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-queue] e1000e: Fix check_for_link return value with autoneg off.

[Brown, Aaron F]

> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Benjamin Poirier
> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 10:12 PM
> To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; intel-wired-lan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-queue] e1000e: Fix check_for_link
> return value with autoneg off.
> 
> When autoneg is off, the .check_for_link callback functions clear the
> get_link_status flag and systematically return a "pseudo-error". This means
> that the link is not detected as up until the next execution of the
> e1000_watchdog_task() 2 seconds later.
> 
> Fixes: 19110cfbb34d ("e1000e: Separate signaling for link check/link up")
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/mac.c     | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 

Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@xxxxxxxxx>