Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 14:57:06 +0100
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Cc: kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Ethernet: how to disable gigabit support
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On Thu 2015-02-05 14:44:55, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> On 05/02/15 12:25, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > This happened on more than one project: there's gigabit-capable chip,
> > but the connector is not designed for gigabit speed.
> > 
> > I'd like to have speed autonegotiation, but not offer gigabit (as it
> > will not work).
> > 
> > Is there way to do that without hacking the kernel? Should mii-tool do
> > that?
> 
> Since you use the PHY library, you should be able to do something like
> this in your PHY driver prior to starting the PHY state machine:
> 
> phydev->supported &= PHY_BASIC_FEATURES (effectively masking Gigabit
> capability)

Thanks, that did the trick.
								Pavel
(But still it would be nice to have a generic way of doing this,
using something like mii-tool.)

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