diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/lantiq_gswip.c b/drivers/net/dsa/lantiq_gswip.c
index 809dfa3be6bb..126d4ea868ba 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/lantiq_gswip.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/lantiq_gswip.c
@@ -190,6 +190,23 @@
 #define GSWIP_PCE_DEFPVID(p)		(0x486 + ((p) * 0xA))
 
 #define GSWIP_MAC_FLEN			0x8C5
+#define GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0p(p)		(0x903 + ((p) * 0xC))
+#define  GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_PADEN		BIT(8)
+#define  GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_FCS_EN	BIT(7)
+#define  GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_FCON_MASK	0x0070
+#define  GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_FCON_AUTO	0x0000
+#define  GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_FCON_RX	0x0010
+#define  GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_FCON_TX	0x0020
+#define  GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_FCON_RXTX	0x0030
+#define  GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_FCON_NONE	0x0040
+#define  GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_FDUP_MASK	0x000C
+#define  GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_FDUP_AUTO	0x0000
+#define  GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_FDUP_EN	0x0004
+#define  GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_FDUP_DIS	0x000C
+#define  GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_GMII_MASK	0x0003
+#define  GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_GMII_AUTO	0x0000
+#define  GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_GMII_MII	0x0001
+#define  GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_GMII_RGMII	0x0002
 #define GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_2p(p)		(0x905 + ((p) * 0xC))
 #define GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_2_MLEN		BIT(3) /* Maximum Untagged Frame Lnegth */
 
@@ -653,16 +670,13 @@ static int gswip_port_enable(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port,
 			  GSWIP_SDMA_PCTRLp(port));
 
 	if (!dsa_is_cpu_port(ds, port)) {
-		u32 macconf = GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_LINK_AUTO |
-			      GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_SPEED_AUTO |
-			      GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_FDUP_AUTO |
-			      GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_FCONTX_AUTO |
-			      GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_FCONRX_AUTO |
-			      (phydev->mdio.addr & GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_ADDR_MASK);
-
-		gswip_mdio_w(priv, macconf, GSWIP_MDIO_PHYp(port));
-		/* Activate MDIO auto polling */
-		gswip_mdio_mask(priv, 0, BIT(port), GSWIP_MDIO_MDC_CFG0);
+		u32 mdio_phy = 0;
+
+		if (phydev)
+			mdio_phy = phydev->mdio.addr & GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_ADDR_MASK;
+
+		gswip_mdio_mask(priv, GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_ADDR_MASK, mdio_phy,
+				GSWIP_MDIO_PHYp(port));
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -675,14 +689,6 @@ static void gswip_port_disable(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port)
 	if (!dsa_is_user_port(ds, port))
 		return;
 
-	if (!dsa_is_cpu_port(ds, port)) {
-		gswip_mdio_mask(priv, GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_LINK_DOWN,
-				GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_LINK_MASK,
-				GSWIP_MDIO_PHYp(port));
-		/* Deactivate MDIO auto polling */
-		gswip_mdio_mask(priv, BIT(port), 0, GSWIP_MDIO_MDC_CFG0);
-	}
-
 	gswip_switch_mask(priv, GSWIP_FDMA_PCTRL_EN, 0,
 			  GSWIP_FDMA_PCTRLp(port));
 	gswip_switch_mask(priv, GSWIP_SDMA_PCTRL_EN, 0,
@@ -794,20 +800,31 @@ static int gswip_setup(struct dsa_switch *ds)
 	gswip_switch_w(priv, BIT(cpu_port), GSWIP_PCE_PMAP2);
 	gswip_switch_w(priv, BIT(cpu_port), GSWIP_PCE_PMAP3);
 
-	/* disable PHY auto polling */
+	/* Deactivate MDIO PHY auto polling. Some PHYs as the AR8030 have an
+	 * interoperability problem with this auto polling mechanism because
+	 * their status registers think that the link is in a different state
+	 * than it actually is. For the AR8030 it has the BMSR_ESTATEN bit set
+	 * as well as ESTATUS_1000_TFULL and ESTATUS_1000_XFULL. This makes the
+	 * auto polling state machine consider the link being negotiated with
+	 * 1Gbit/s. Since the PHY itself is a Fast Ethernet RMII PHY this leads
+	 * to the switch port being completely dead (RX and TX are both not
+	 * working).
+	 * Also with various other PHY / port combinations (PHY11G GPHY, PHY22F
+	 * GPHY, external RGMII PEF7071/7072) any traffic would stop. Sometimes
+	 * it would work fine for a few minutes to hours and then stop, on
+	 * other device it would no traffic could be sent or received at all.
+	 * Testing shows that when PHY auto polling is disabled these problems
+	 * go away.
+	 */
 	gswip_mdio_w(priv, 0x0, GSWIP_MDIO_MDC_CFG0);
+
 	/* Configure the MDIO Clock 2.5 MHz */
 	gswip_mdio_mask(priv, 0xff, 0x09, GSWIP_MDIO_MDC_CFG1);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < priv->hw_info->max_ports; i++) {
-		/* Disable the xMII link */
+	/* Disable the xMII link */
+	for (i = 0; i < priv->hw_info->max_ports; i++)
 		gswip_mii_mask_cfg(priv, GSWIP_MII_CFG_EN, 0, i);
 
-		/* Automatically select the xMII interface clock */
-		gswip_mii_mask_cfg(priv, GSWIP_MII_CFG_RATE_MASK,
-				   GSWIP_MII_CFG_RATE_AUTO, i);
-	}
-
 	/* enable special tag insertion on cpu port */
 	gswip_switch_mask(priv, 0, GSWIP_FDMA_PCTRL_STEN,
 			  GSWIP_FDMA_PCTRLp(cpu_port));
@@ -1455,6 +1472,112 @@ static void gswip_phylink_validate(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port,
 	return;
 }
 
+static void gswip_port_set_link(struct gswip_priv *priv, int port, bool link)
+{
+	u32 mdio_phy;
+
+	if (link)
+		mdio_phy = GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_LINK_UP;
+	else
+		mdio_phy = GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_LINK_DOWN;
+
+	gswip_mdio_mask(priv, GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_LINK_MASK, mdio_phy,
+			GSWIP_MDIO_PHYp(port));
+}
+
+static void gswip_port_set_speed(struct gswip_priv *priv, int port, int speed,
+				 phy_interface_t interface)
+{
+	u32 mdio_phy = 0, mii_cfg = 0, mac_ctrl_0 = 0;
+
+	switch (speed) {
+	case SPEED_10:
+		mdio_phy = GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_SPEED_M10;
+
+		if (interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RMII)
+			mii_cfg = GSWIP_MII_CFG_RATE_M50;
+		else
+			mii_cfg = GSWIP_MII_CFG_RATE_M2P5;
+
+		mac_ctrl_0 = GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_GMII_MII;
+		break;
+
+	case SPEED_100:
+		mdio_phy = GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_SPEED_M100;
+
+		if (interface == PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RMII)
+			mii_cfg = GSWIP_MII_CFG_RATE_M50;
+		else
+			mii_cfg = GSWIP_MII_CFG_RATE_M25;
+
+		mac_ctrl_0 = GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_GMII_MII;
+		break;
+
+	case SPEED_1000:
+		mdio_phy = GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_SPEED_G1;
+
+		mii_cfg = GSWIP_MII_CFG_RATE_M125;
+
+		mac_ctrl_0 = GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_GMII_RGMII;
+		break;
+	}
+
+	gswip_mdio_mask(priv, GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_SPEED_MASK, mdio_phy,
+			GSWIP_MDIO_PHYp(port));
+	gswip_mii_mask_cfg(priv, GSWIP_MII_CFG_RATE_MASK, mii_cfg, port);
+	gswip_switch_mask(priv, GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_GMII_MASK, mac_ctrl_0,
+			  GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0p(port));
+}
+
+static void gswip_port_set_duplex(struct gswip_priv *priv, int port, int duplex)
+{
+	u32 mac_ctrl_0, mdio_phy;
+
+	if (duplex == DUPLEX_FULL) {
+		mac_ctrl_0 = GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_FDUP_EN;
+		mdio_phy = GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_FDUP_EN;
+	} else {
+		mac_ctrl_0 = GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_FDUP_DIS;
+		mdio_phy = GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_FDUP_DIS;
+	}
+
+	gswip_switch_mask(priv, GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_FDUP_MASK, mac_ctrl_0,
+			  GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0p(port));
+	gswip_mdio_mask(priv, GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_FDUP_MASK, mdio_phy,
+			GSWIP_MDIO_PHYp(port));
+}
+
+static void gswip_port_set_pause(struct gswip_priv *priv, int port,
+				 bool tx_pause, bool rx_pause)
+{
+	u32 mac_ctrl_0, mdio_phy;
+
+	if (tx_pause && rx_pause) {
+		mac_ctrl_0 = GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_FCON_RXTX;
+		mdio_phy = GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_FCONTX_EN |
+			   GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_FCONRX_EN;
+	} else if (tx_pause) {
+		mac_ctrl_0 = GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_FCON_TX;
+		mdio_phy = GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_FCONTX_EN |
+			   GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_FCONRX_DIS;
+	} else if (rx_pause) {
+		mac_ctrl_0 = GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_FCON_RX;
+		mdio_phy = GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_FCONTX_DIS |
+			   GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_FCONRX_EN;
+	} else {
+		mac_ctrl_0 = GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_FCON_NONE;
+		mdio_phy = GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_FCONTX_DIS |
+			   GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_FCONRX_DIS;
+	}
+
+	gswip_switch_mask(priv, GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0_FCON_MASK,
+			  mac_ctrl_0, GSWIP_MAC_CTRL_0p(port));
+	gswip_mdio_mask(priv,
+			GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_FCONTX_MASK |
+			GSWIP_MDIO_PHY_FCONRX_MASK,
+			mdio_phy, GSWIP_MDIO_PHYp(port));
+}
+
 static void gswip_phylink_mac_config(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port,
 				     unsigned int mode,
 				     const struct phylink_link_state *state)
@@ -1511,6 +1634,9 @@ static void gswip_phylink_mac_link_down(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port,
 	struct gswip_priv *priv = ds->priv;
 
 	gswip_mii_mask_cfg(priv, GSWIP_MII_CFG_EN, 0, port);
+
+	if (!dsa_is_cpu_port(ds, port))
+		gswip_port_set_link(priv, port, false);
 }
 
 static void gswip_phylink_mac_link_up(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port,
@@ -1522,6 +1648,13 @@ static void gswip_phylink_mac_link_up(struct dsa_switch *ds, int port,
 {
 	struct gswip_priv *priv = ds->priv;
 
+	if (!dsa_is_cpu_port(ds, port)) {
+		gswip_port_set_link(priv, port, true);
+		gswip_port_set_speed(priv, port, speed, interface);
+		gswip_port_set_duplex(priv, port, duplex);
+		gswip_port_set_pause(priv, port, tx_pause, rx_pause);
+	}
+
 	gswip_mii_mask_cfg(priv, 0, GSWIP_MII_CFG_EN, port);
 }
 
