Bring the physical link down when the interface is down, by placing the PHY in power-down state. This mirrors the behavior of other drivers including e1000 and tg3. Signed-off-by: Ed Swierk Index: linux-2.6.22.6/drivers/net/forcedeth.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.22.6.orig/drivers/net/forcedeth.c +++ linux-2.6.22.6/drivers/net/forcedeth.c @@ -1307,9 +1307,9 @@ static int phy_init(struct net_device *d /* some phys clear out pause advertisment on reset, set it back */ mii_rw(dev, np->phyaddr, MII_ADVERTISE, reg); - /* restart auto negotiation */ + /* restart auto negotiation, power down phy */ mii_control = mii_rw(dev, np->phyaddr, MII_BMCR, MII_READ); - mii_control |= (BMCR_ANRESTART | BMCR_ANENABLE); + mii_control |= (BMCR_ANRESTART | BMCR_ANENABLE | BMCR_PDOWN); if (mii_rw(dev, np->phyaddr, MII_BMCR, mii_control)) { return PHY_ERROR; } @@ -4792,6 +4792,10 @@ static int nv_open(struct net_device *de dprintk(KERN_DEBUG "nv_open: begin\n"); + /* power up phy */ + mii_rw(dev, np->phyaddr, MII_BMCR, + mii_rw(dev, np->phyaddr, MII_BMCR, MII_READ) & ~BMCR_PDOWN); + /* erase previous misconfiguration */ if (np->driver_data & DEV_HAS_POWER_CNTRL) nv_mac_reset(dev); @@ -4972,6 +4976,10 @@ static int nv_close(struct net_device *d nv_start_rx(dev); } + /* power down phy */ + mii_rw(dev, np->phyaddr, MII_BMCR, + mii_rw(dev, np->phyaddr, MII_BMCR, MII_READ) | BMCR_PDOWN); + /* FIXME: power down nic */ return 0;