diff -Nurd linux-2.6.24.orig/arch/arm/mach-hipox/gmac-napi.c linux-2.6.24/arch/arm/mach-hipox/gmac-napi.c
--- linux-2.6.24.orig/arch/arm/mach-hipox/gmac-napi.c	2011-02-07 13:19:51.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.24/arch/arm/mach-hipox/gmac-napi.c	2011-02-07 12:47:23.000000000 +0100
@@ -2290,7 +2290,7 @@
     }
 
     // Power down the PHY
-    phy_powerdown(dev);
+//    phy_powerdown(dev);
 }
 
 static int stop(struct net_device *dev)
@@ -2489,6 +2489,10 @@
     } else {
         DBG(1, KERN_INFO "open() %s: PHY in 1000Mb mode\n", dev->name);
     }
+
+    // MST 7.2.2011: On hipox board OXE is directly connected (full duplex) with the switch.
+    priv->mii.full_duplex = 1;
+
     if (priv->mii.full_duplex) {
         reg_contents |= (1UL << MAC_CONFIG_DM_BIT);
     }
@@ -2705,8 +2709,8 @@
                            (1UL << DMA_INT_ENABLE_TS_BIT)));
 
     // (Re)start the link/PHY state monitoring timer
-    start_watchdog_timer(priv);
-
+//    start_watchdog_timer(priv);
+    netif_carrier_on(priv->mii.dev);
     // Allow the network stack to call hard_start_xmit()
     netif_start_queue(dev);
 
@@ -2937,11 +2941,11 @@
 
     // Reset the PHY to get it into a known state and ensure we have TX/RX clocks
     // to allow the GMAC reset to complete
-    if (phy_reset(priv->netdev)) {
-        DBG(1, KERN_ERR "open() %s: Failed to reset PHY\n", dev->name);
-        status = -EIO;
-        goto open_err_out;
-    }
+//    if (phy_reset(priv->netdev)) {
+//        DBG(1, KERN_ERR "open() %s: Failed to reset PHY\n", dev->name);
+//        status = -EIO;
+//        goto open_err_out;
+//    }
 
 	// Set PHY specfic features
 	initialise_phy(priv);
@@ -3282,6 +3286,19 @@
 }
 #endif // CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
 
+static int hipox_do_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
+{
+    gmac_priv_t* priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
+
+    if(netif_carrier_ok(netdev))
+    {
+        printk("hipox_do_ioctl() %s phy_id: %d reg: %d val: 0x%X\n", netdev->name, if_mii(ifr)->phy_id, if_mii(ifr)->reg_num, if_mii(ifr)->val_in);
+        return generic_mii_ioctl(&priv->mii, if_mii(ifr), cmd, NULL);
+    }
+    printk(KERN_WARNING "hipox_do_ioctl() gmac is down\n");
+    return -ENETDOWN; 
+}
+
 static int probe(
     struct net_device *netdev,
     u32                vaddr,
@@ -3410,6 +3427,7 @@
     netdev->stop               = &stop;
     netdev->get_stats          = &get_stats;
     netdev->change_mtu         = &change_mtu;
+    netdev->do_ioctl           = hipox_do_ioctl;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
     netdev->poll_controller    = &netpoll;
 #endif // CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
@@ -3446,8 +3464,8 @@
     priv->mii.reg_num_mask  = 0x1f;
     priv->mii.force_media   = 0;
     priv->mii.full_duplex   = 1;
-    priv->mii.using_100     = 0;
-    priv->mii.using_1000    = 1;
+    priv->mii.using_100     = 1;
+    priv->mii.using_1000    = 0;
 	priv->mii.using_pause   = 1;
     priv->mii.dev           = netdev;
     priv->mii.mdio_read     = phy_read;