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Commit 5a9a8e32 authored by Ed Swierk's avatar Ed Swierk Committed by David S. Miller
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forcedeth: add phy_power_down parameter, leave phy powered up by default (v2)

Add a phy_power_down parameter to forcedeth: set to 1 to power down the
phy and disable the link when an interface goes down; set to 0 to always
leave the phy powered up.

The phy power state persists across reboots; Windows, some BIOSes, and
older versions of Linux don't bother to power up the phy again, forcing
users to remove all power to get the interface working (see
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13072

).  Leaving the phy
powered on is the safest default behavior.  Users accustomed to seeing
the link state reflect the interface state and/or wanting to minimize
power consumption can set phy_power_down=1 if compatibility with other
OSes is not an issue.

Signed-off-by: default avatarEd Swierk <eswierk@aristanetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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