ACK: igb: cherry-pick fix for link negotation (LP #865523)

[dann frazier]

On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 06:53:49AM -0700, Tim Gardner wrote:
> On 12/05/2011 04:53 PM, dann frazier wrote:
> >Please cherry-pick this change into the oneiric kernel:
> >
> >commit 2c670b5bd794ef93c81bf8797b7d6393c8453fc6
> >Author: Carolyn Wyborny<carolyn.wyborny at intel.com>
> >Date:   Tue May 24 06:52:51 2011 +0000
> >
> >     igb: Add support of SerDes Forced mode for certain hardware
> >
> >     This patch changes the serdes link code to support a forced mode for
> >     some hardware, based on bit set in EEPROM.
> >
> >     Signed-off-by: Carolyn Wyborny<carolyn.wyborny at intel.com>
> >     Tested-by: Jeff Pieper<jeffrey.e.pieper at intel.com>
> >     Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher<jeffrey.t.kirsher at intel.com>
> >
> 
> This needs an SRU and buglink.

Sorry Tim, I only mentioned this in the subject: LP #865523.