Pause frames are used to enable flow control. A MAC can send and
receive pause frames in order to throttle traffic. However, the PHY
must be configured to allow those frames to pass through.
Signed-off-by: Timur Tabi <ti...@codeaurora.org>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-mac.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-mac.c
b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-mac.c
index 6fb3bee..70a55dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qualcomm/emac/emac-mac.c
@@ -1003,6 +1003,12 @@ int emac_mac_up(struct emac_adapter *adpt)
writel((u32)~DIS_INT, adpt->base + EMAC_INT_STATUS);
writel(adpt->irq.mask, adpt->base + EMAC_INT_MASK);
+ /* Enable pause frames. Without this feature, the EMAC has been shown
+ * to receive (and drop) frames with FCS errors at gigabit connections.
+ */
+ adpt->phydev->supported |= SUPPORTED_Pause | SUPPORTED_Asym_Pause;
+ adpt->phydev->advertising |= SUPPORTED_Pause | SUPPORTED_Asym_Pause;
+
adpt->phydev->irq = PHY_IGNORE_INTERRUPT;
phy_start(adpt->phydev);
--
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Technologies, Inc. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a member of the
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