Public bug reported:

[Impact]
After hot-plug the Ethernet cable, the status of Ethernet is always down.

[Fix]
Because ASPM is enabled on RTL8106E, the link change interrupt can't be fired 
immediately.
Need to wait a long time to get the link change interrupt.
Introduce a polling method to watch the link status and disable the link change 
interrupt for RTL8106E.
Due to schedule, SRU this patch first and will upstream later.

[Test]
Verified on machines with Realtek Ethernet device, the Ethernet works well 
after hotplug 30 times.

[Regression Potential]
High, may have some cases missed in link change polling method and will fix 
them in the future.

** Affects: hwe-next
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: linux-oem-5.10 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu Focal)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: linux-oem-5.10 (Ubuntu Focal)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: koba (kobako)
         Status: In Progress


** Tags: oem-priority originate-from-1921898 somerville

** Also affects: linux-oem-5.10 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: linux (Ubuntu Focal)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: linux-oem-5.10 (Ubuntu Focal)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: linux-oem-5.10 (Ubuntu Focal)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => koba (kobako)

** Changed in: linux-oem-5.10 (Ubuntu Focal)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Tags added: oem-priority originate-from-1921898 somerville

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Title:
  Fix Ethernet not working by hotplug - RTL8106E

Status in HWE Next:
  New
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in linux-oem-5.10 package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in linux source package in Focal:
  New
Status in linux-oem-5.10 source package in Focal:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  After hot-plug the Ethernet cable, the status of Ethernet is always down.

  [Fix]
  Because ASPM is enabled on RTL8106E, the link change interrupt can't be fired 
immediately.
  Need to wait a long time to get the link change interrupt.
  Introduce a polling method to watch the link status and disable the link 
change interrupt for RTL8106E.
  Due to schedule, SRU this patch first and will upstream later.

  [Test]
  Verified on machines with Realtek Ethernet device, the Ethernet works well 
after hotplug 30 times.

  [Regression Potential]
  High, may have some cases missed in link change polling method and will fix 
them in the future.

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