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From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ixgbe: fix link down issue on x550em_x
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:26:52 +0000
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On Mon, Feb 01, 2016 at 04:42:39PM +0800, Wenzhuo Lu wrote:
> Normally the auto-negotiation is supported by FW. But on
> X550EM_X_10G_T it's not supported by FW. As the port of
> X550EM_X_10G_T is 10G. If we connect the port with a peer
> which is 1G. The link is always down.
> We have to supprted auto-neg by SW to avoid such link down
> issue.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>
> ---
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst |  6 ++++++
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c     | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.h     |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 45 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst
> index 99de186..a8d34d1 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst
> @@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ EAL
>  Drivers
>  ~~~~~~~
>  
> +* **ixgbe: fix link down issue on X550EM_X.**
> +  Normally the auto-negotiation is supported by FW. SW need not care about
> +  that. But on x550em_x, FW doesn't support auto-neg. As the ports of x550em_x
> +  are 10G, if we connect the port will a peer which is 1G, the link will always
> +  be donw on x550em_x.
> +  We will support auto-neg by SW to avoid this link down issue.
>  

Couple of typos present in the text above.

/Bruce