Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] smsc95xx: mark link down on startup and let PHY interrupt deal with carrier changes

From: Stephane Fillod <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:43:39 +0200

lun, Apr 23, 2012, Paolo Pisati skribis:
> Without this patch sysfs reports the cable as present
> 
> flag@flag-desktop:~$ cat /sys/class/net/eth0/carrier
> 1
> 
> while it's not:
> 
> flag@flag-desktop:~$ sudo mii-tool eth0
> eth0: no link
> 
> Tested on my Beagle XM.
> 
> v2: added mantainer to the list of recipient

His e-mail address has changed, but somehow it has not been updated yet
in MAINTAINERS directory:  steve.glendinning () shawell.net

> Signed-off-by: Paolo Pisati <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
> index 3444514..93d3252 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/usb/smsc95xx.c
> @@ -1192,7 +1192,7 @@ static const struct driver_info smsc95xx_info = {
>  	.rx_fixup	= smsc95xx_rx_fixup,
>  	.tx_fixup	= smsc95xx_tx_fixup,
>  	.status		= smsc95xx_status,
> -	.flags		= FLAG_ETHER | FLAG_SEND_ZLP,
> +	.flags		= FLAG_ETHER | FLAG_SEND_ZLP | FLAG_LINK_INTR,
>  };
>  
>  static const struct usb_device_id products[] = {

Tested this fix successfuly on elder brother smsc75xx, on top of
another patch yet-to-submit to fix smsc75xx's MDIO access.