--- drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c

+++ drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c

@@ -274,16 +274,6 @@ static s32 e1000_init_phy_params_pchlan(

phy->ops.write_phy_reg_locked = e1000_write_phy_reg_hv_locked;

phy->autoneg_mask = AUTONEG_ADVERTISE_SPEED_DEFAULT;

- /*

- * Reset the PHY before any acccess to it. Doing so, ensures that

- * the PHY is in a known good state before we read/write PHY registers.

- * The generic reset is sufficient here, because we haven't determined

- * the PHY type yet.

- */

- ret_val = e1000e_phy_hw_reset_generic(hw);

- if (ret_val)

- goto out;

-

phy->id = e1000_phy_unknown;

e1000e_get_phy_id(hw);

phy->type = e1000e_get_phy_type_from_id(phy->id);

@@ -297,7 +287,6 @@ static s32 e1000_init_phy_params_pchlan(

phy->ops.commit_phy = e1000e_phy_sw_reset;

}

- out:

return ret_val;

}