Re: re(4) link goes down when manually setting media type

Pyun YongHyeon wrote:

>  > although with apparently random performance problems. When i try to set
>  > it to a fixed media type (both 100baseTX and 1000baseTX) the link goes
>  > down, and stays down until i set it to autoselect again. It does seem to
>  > work when setting it to 10baset/utp.
>  > 
> 
> Due to the poor PHY documentation from RealTek I can't sure but
> I guess the RealTek PHY needs to set RGEPHY_BMCR_AUTOEN bit of
> RGEPHY_MII_BMCR register and proper ANAR register setting for
> manual media type selection.
> How about attached patch?
> 

This patch seems to work. I can set the media type now, and will be
running my performance tests once the other computers have been updated.

Thanks :)

Jelte