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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
index c72ff0fd3..c29d43c5f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
@@ -5181,6 +5181,15 @@ static int r8169_mdio_register(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
struct mii_bus *new_bus;
int ret;
+ /* On some boards with this chip version the BIOS is buggy and misses
+ * to reset the PHY page selector. This results in the PHY ID read
+ * accessing registers on a different page, returning a more or
+ * less random value. Fix this by resetting the page selector first.
+ */
+ if (tp->mac_version == RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_25 ||
+ tp->mac_version == RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_26)
+ r8169_mdio_write(tp, 0x1f, 0);
+
new_bus = devm_mdiobus_alloc(&pdev->dev);
if (!new_bus)
return -ENOMEM;