[PATCH 1/1 net-next] net: fec: enable pause frame to improve rx prefomance for 1G network

[Ben Hutchings]

On Tue, 2013-01-08 at 13:32 +0000, David Laight wrote:
> > If the medium supports autoneog, use mii_advertise_flowctrl() in
> > set_pauseparam to update pause frame advertising and then restart
> > autoneg.
> 
> Isn't autoneg continuous?
> In which case you just need to monitor the response register.
> Monitoring MII registers is usually a complete PITA though
> (due to the requirements for delays during the bit-bashing).

AIUI you have to break the link before renegotiating.  So you should
only need to read autoneg results after a PHY interrupt or polling for a
link change.

Ben.

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