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

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

@@ -274,6 +274,16 @@ 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);

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

phy->ops.commit_phy = e1000e_phy_sw_reset;

}

+ out:

return ret_val;

}