<p>… from software driver</p>
<p>Typically x553 NICs are configured for the BMC/ME to enable the PHY interfaces. When these are both disabled, the links never come up.</p>
<p>This is adapted from the Linux ixgbe driver which is able to bring the links up using the manageability interface.</p>
<p>This also helps in the case where the BMC/ME are enabled since sometimes they can be slow to come up and iPXE may fail because it runs before the interfaces are up on a cold boot.</p>

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  <li>[intelx] Add option for bringing links up via manageability interface from software driver</li>
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