From: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@xxxxxxxx> 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. CC: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fixes: 19110cfbb34d ("e1000e: Separate signaling for link check/link up") Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@xxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Sasha Neftin <sasha.neftin@xxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/mac.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c index 31277d3bb7dc..ff308b05d68c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/ich8lan.c @@ -1602,7 +1602,7 @@ static s32 e1000_check_for_copper_link_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw) * we have already determined whether we have link or not. */ if (!mac->autoneg) - return -E1000_ERR_CONFIG; + return 1; /* Auto-Neg is enabled. Auto Speed Detection takes care * of MAC speed/duplex configuration. So we only need to diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/mac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/mac.c index f457c5703d0c..db735644b312 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/mac.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/mac.c @@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ s32 e1000e_check_for_copper_link(struct e1000_hw *hw) * we have already determined whether we have link or not. */ if (!mac->autoneg) - return -E1000_ERR_CONFIG; + return 1; /* Auto-Neg is enabled. Auto Speed Detection takes care * of MAC speed/duplex configuration. So we only need to -- 2.14.3