Commit 9cab88726929605 ("net: ethtool: Add back transceiver type") restores the transceiver type to struct ethtool_link_settings and convert_link_ksettings_to_legacy_settings() but forgets to remove the error check for the same in convert_legacy_settings_to_link_ksettings(). This prevents older versions of ethtool to change link settings. # ethtool --version ethtool version 3.16 # ethtool -s eth0 autoneg on speed 100 duplex full Cannot set new settings: Invalid argument not setting speed not setting duplex not setting autoneg While newer versions of ethtool works. # ethtool --version ethtool version 4.10 # ethtool -s eth0 autoneg on speed 100 duplex full [ 57.703268] sh-eth ee700000.ethernet eth0: Link is Down [ 59.618227] sh-eth ee700000.ethernet eth0: Link is Up - 100Mbps/Full - flow control rx/tx Fixes: 19cab88726929605 ("net: ethtool: Add back transceiver type") Signed-off-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/core/ethtool.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Hi, The commit 9cab88726929605 ("net: ethtool: Add back transceiver type") itself is not enough to trigger the error, the commit after it is also needed ceb628134a75564d ("net: phy: Keep reporting transceiver type"). This is because the later sets cmd->base.transceiver so that the type can be reported and the fault triggered. I hope however I did the correct thing with the Fixes tag. diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c index 3228411ada0fa77e..9a9a3d77e3274fc3 100644 --- a/net/core/ethtool.c +++ b/net/core/ethtool.c @@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ bool ethtool_convert_link_mode_to_legacy_u32(u32 *legacy_u32, EXPORT_SYMBOL(ethtool_convert_link_mode_to_legacy_u32); /* return false if legacy contained non-0 deprecated fields - * transceiver/maxtxpkt/maxrxpkt. rest of ksettings always updated + * maxtxpkt/maxrxpkt. rest of ksettings always updated */ static bool convert_legacy_settings_to_link_ksettings( @@ -451,8 +451,7 @@ convert_legacy_settings_to_link_ksettings( * deprecated legacy fields, and they should not use * %ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS/%ETHTOOL_SLINKSETTINGS */ - if (legacy_settings->transceiver || - legacy_settings->maxtxpkt || + if (legacy_settings->maxtxpkt || legacy_settings->maxrxpkt) retval = false; -- 2.14.2