e1000e: 82571 Serdes can fail to get link

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When link partner is sending continuous Config symbols, the 82571 Serdes
FIFO can overflow resulting in Invalid bit getting set.  To resolve this,
if Sync and Config bits are both 1 ignore the Invalid bit and restart
auto-negotiation.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
Tested-by: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>

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Bruce Allan 2010-11-24 06:01:35 +00:00 • committed by Jeff Kirsher

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