--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/executive/cvmx-helper-sgmii.c	2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000
+++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-3.10.107/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/executive/cvmx-helper-sgmii.c	2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -317,10 +317,14 @@
 	for (index = 0; index < num_ports; index++) {
 		int ipd_port = cvmx_helper_get_ipd_port(interface, index);
 		__cvmx_helper_sgmii_hardware_init_one_time(interface, index);
-		__cvmx_helper_sgmii_link_set(ipd_port,
-					     __cvmx_helper_sgmii_link_get
-					     (ipd_port));
-
+		/* Linux kernel driver will call ....link_set with the
+		 * proper link state. In the simulator there is no
+		 * link state polling and hence it is set from
+		 * here.
+		 */
+		if (cvmx_sysinfo_get()->board_type == CVMX_BOARD_TYPE_SIM)
+			__cvmx_helper_sgmii_link_set(ipd_port,
+				       __cvmx_helper_sgmii_link_get(ipd_port));
 	}
 
 	return 0;