On 15/11/2017 15:17, Andrew Lunn wrote: > nb8800_link_reconfigure() can be called whenever the link to the peer > changes. auto-neg may happen later because the cable was not plugged > in until later, etc.
Hello Andrew, AFAICS, Mans was right: trying to toggle the flow control bit when the RX DMA bit is already set "breaks" the HW (ping times out). Thus, I will drop patch 2/4. In our local branch, I have completely disabled flow control support, so I don't have to worry about this problem. Regards.