The patch titled forcedeth: power down phy when interface is down has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was forcedeth-power-down-phy-when-interface-is-down.patch This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: forcedeth: power down phy when interface is down From: "Ed Swierk" <eswierk@xxxxxxxxxxx> Bring the physical link down when the interface is down, by placing the PHY in power-down state. This mirrors the behavior of other drivers including e1000 and tg3. Signed-off-by: Ed Swierk <eswierk@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:57:04 -0400 Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > From: "Ed Swierk" <eswierk@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Bring the physical link down when the interface is down, by placing the PHY in > > power-down state. This mirrors the behavior of other drivers including e1000 > > and tg3. > > > > Signed-off-by: Ed Swierk <eswierk@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Ayaz Abdulla <aabdulla@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > HOLD -- waiting a bit for comment from others, particularly NVIDIA. > > I'm not opposed to applying it, the patch looks correct, but I would > also like see testing results and general "it's ok for this hardware" > comments. > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/forcedeth.c | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/net/forcedeth.c~forcedeth-power-down-phy-when-interface-is-down drivers/net/forcedeth.c --- a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c~forcedeth-power-down-phy-when-interface-is-down +++ a/drivers/net/forcedeth.c @@ -1313,9 +1313,9 @@ static int phy_init(struct net_device *d /* some phys clear out pause advertisment on reset, set it back */ mii_rw(dev, np->phyaddr, MII_ADVERTISE, reg); - /* restart auto negotiation */ + /* restart auto negotiation, power down phy */ mii_control = mii_rw(dev, np->phyaddr, MII_BMCR, MII_READ); - mii_control |= (BMCR_ANRESTART | BMCR_ANENABLE); + mii_control |= (BMCR_ANRESTART | BMCR_ANENABLE | BMCR_PDOWN); if (mii_rw(dev, np->phyaddr, MII_BMCR, mii_control)) { return PHY_ERROR; } @@ -4791,6 +4791,10 @@ static int nv_open(struct net_device *de dprintk(KERN_DEBUG "nv_open: begin\n"); + /* power up phy */ + mii_rw(dev, np->phyaddr, MII_BMCR, + mii_rw(dev, np->phyaddr, MII_BMCR, MII_READ) & ~BMCR_PDOWN); + /* erase previous misconfiguration */ if (np->driver_data & DEV_HAS_POWER_CNTRL) nv_mac_reset(dev); @@ -4975,6 +4979,10 @@ static int nv_close(struct net_device *d nv_start_rx(dev); } + /* power down phy */ + mii_rw(dev, np->phyaddr, MII_BMCR, + mii_rw(dev, np->phyaddr, MII_BMCR, MII_READ) | BMCR_PDOWN); + /* FIXME: power down nic */ return 0; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from eswierk@xxxxxxxxxxx are git-net.patch forcedeth-power-down-phy-when-interface-is-down.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html