22 Mar
2016
22 Mar
'16
10:01 a.m.
Am 22. März 2016 09:57:16 MEZ, schrieb Hans de Goede hdegoede@redhat.com:
Hi,
On 22-03-16 09:46, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
> "Hans" == Hans de Goede hdegoede@redhat.com writes:
Hi,
Oh good catch, so I believe that we should submit a patch to the
u-boot
realtek phy driver which:
- Adds a seperate init function for the RTL8211C
- In that function set the force master mode bit and then call the init function currently used for RTL8211C and others, this assumes that the more generic init function will not
reset
the force master mode bit.
So what happens if you connect two of these boards together without a switch in between? Will they be able to autonegotiate?
Likely not, but without this fix, they would and they would have an unreliable connection. Arguably no connection is better then an unreliable one.
Regards,
Hans
I assume that forcing the link to 100mbps would work for this case. After all, the fix should only apply for GBit mode.