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Jacob Keller b35b1c0b4e Revert "ixgbe: Manual AN-37 for troublesome link partners for X550 SFI" 
This reverts commit 565736048b.

According to the commit, it implements a manual AN-37 for some
"troublesome" Juniper MX5 switches. This appears to be a workaround for a
particular switch.

It has been reported that this causes a severe breakage for other switches,
including a Cisco 3560CX-12PD-S.

The code appears to be a workaround for a specific switch which fails to
link in SFI mode. It expects to see AN-37 auto negotiation in order to
link. The Cisco switch is not expecting AN-37 auto negotiation. When the
device starts the manual AN-37, the Cisco switch decides that the port is
confused and stops attempting to link with it. This persists until a power
cycle. A simple driver unload and reload does not resolve the issue, even
if loading with a version of the driver which lacks this workaround.

The authors of the workaround commit have not responded with
clarifications, and the result of the workaround is complete failure to
connect with other switches.

This appears to be a case where the driver can either "correctly" link with
the Juniper MX5 switch, at the cost of bricking the link with the Cisco
switch, or it can behave properly for the Cisco switch, but fail to link
with the Junipir MX5 switch. I do not know enough about the standards
involved to clearly determine whether either switch is at fault or behaving
incorrectly. Nor do I know whether there exists some alternative fix which
corrects behavior with both switches.

Revert the workaround for the Juniper switch.

Fixes: 565736048b ("ixgbe: Manual AN-37 for troublesome link partners for X550 SFI")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/cbe874db-9ac9-42b8-afa0-88ea910e1e99@intel.com/T/
Link: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/intel-x553-sfp-ixgbe-no-go-on-pve8.135129/#post-612291
Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Cc: Jeff Daly <jeffd@silicom-usa.com>
Cc: kernel.org-fo5k2w@ycharbi.fr
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240520-net-2024-05-20-revert-silicom-switch-workaround-v1-1-50f80f261c94@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
2024-05-23 10:48:35 +02:00
arch Probes updates for v6.10: 2024-05-17 18:29:30 -07:00
block SCSI misc on 20240514 2024-05-14 18:25:53 -07:00
certs This update includes the following changes: 2023-11-02 16:15:30 -10:00
crypto Hi, 2024-05-15 09:22:34 -07:00
Documentation Including fix from Andrii for the issue mentioned in our net-next PR, 2024-05-17 18:57:14 -07:00
drivers Revert "ixgbe: Manual AN-37 for troublesome link partners for X550 SFI" 2024-05-23 10:48:35 +02:00
fs tracing cleanups for v6.10: 2024-05-17 18:34:27 -07:00
include tracing ring buffer updates for v6.10: 2024-05-17 18:40:37 -07:00
init Bootconfig updates for v6.10: 2024-05-17 18:23:55 -07:00
io_uring for-6.10/io_uring-20240511 2024-05-13 12:48:06 -07:00
ipc sysctl changes for v6.10-rc1 2024-05-17 17:31:24 -07:00
kernel kprobe/ftrace: fix build error due to bad function definition 2024-05-17 19:17:55 -07:00
lib Probes updates for v6.10: 2024-05-17 18:29:30 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license 2022-11-08 15:44:01 +01:00
mm ARM: 2024-05-15 14:46:43 -07:00
net openvswitch: Set the skbuff pkt_type for proper pmtud support. 2024-05-21 15:34:04 +02:00
rust Timers and timekeeping updates: 2024-05-14 09:27:40 -07:00
samples Networking changes for 6.10. 2024-05-14 19:42:24 -07:00
scripts Modules changes for v6.10-rc1 2024-05-15 14:05:08 -07:00
security integrity-v6.10 2024-05-15 08:43:02 -07:00
sound ALSA: hda/realtek: Drop doubly quirk entry for 103c:8a2e 2024-05-13 12:54:46 +02:00
tools testing: net-drv: use stats64 for testing 2024-05-23 10:18:29 +02:00
usr Kbuild updates for v6.8 2024-01-18 17:57:07 -08:00
virt KVM x86 misc changes for 6.10: 2024-05-12 03:18:44 -04:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with v6.7-rc4's for_each macro list 2023-12-08 23:54:38 +01:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.editorconfig Add .editorconfig file for basic formatting 2023-12-28 16:22:47 +09:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Add Jeff Kirsher to .get_maintainer.ignore 2024-03-08 11:36:54 +00:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore kbuild: create a list of all built DTB files 2024-02-19 18:20:39 +09:00
.mailmap Another not-too-busy cycle for documentation, including: 2024-05-13 10:51:53 -07:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Drop Gustavo Pimentel as PCI DWC Maintainer 2024-03-27 13:41:02 -05:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS Including fix from Andrii for the issue mentioned in our net-next PR, 2024-05-17 18:57:14 -07:00
Makefile Linux 6.9 2024-05-12 14:12:29 -07:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.