err = mdio_read(np, np->phy_addr,
                        BCM8704_PHYXS_DEV_ADDR, MII_BMCR);
-       if (err < 0)
+       if (err < 0 || err == 0xffff)
                return err;
        err |= BMCR_RESET;
        err = mdio_write(np, np->phy_addr, BCM8704_PHYXS_DEV_ADDR,
 
        err = mdio_read(np, np->phy_addr, BCM8704_PMA_PMD_DEV_ADDR,
                        BCM8704_PMD_RCV_SIGDET);
-       if (err < 0)
+       if (err < 0 || err == 0xffff)
                goto out;
        if (!(err & PMD_RCV_SIGDET_GLOBAL)) {
                err = 0;
 
 out:
        *link_up_p = link_up;
-       if (np->flags & NIU_FLAGS_HOTPLUG_PHY)
-               err = 0;
        return err;
 }
 
                if (phy_present != phy_present_prev) {
                        /* state change */
                        if (phy_present) {
+                               /* A NEM was just plugged in */
                                np->flags |= NIU_FLAGS_HOTPLUG_PHY_PRESENT;
                                if (np->phy_ops->xcvr_init)
                                        err = np->phy_ops->xcvr_init(np);
                                if (err) {
+                                       err = mdio_read(np, np->phy_addr,
+                                               BCM8704_PHYXS_DEV_ADDR, MII_BMCR);
+                                       if (err == 0xffff) {
+                                               /* No mdio, back-to-back XAUI */
+                                               goto out;
+                                       }
                                        /* debounce */
                                        np->flags &= ~NIU_FLAGS_HOTPLUG_PHY_PRESENT;
                                }
                                        np->dev->name);
                        }
                }
-               if (np->flags & NIU_FLAGS_HOTPLUG_PHY_PRESENT)
+out:
+               if (np->flags & NIU_FLAGS_HOTPLUG_PHY_PRESENT) {
                        err = link_status_10g_bcm8706(np, link_up_p);
+                       if (err == 0xffff) {
+                               /* No mdio, back-to-back XAUI: it is C10NEM */
+                               *link_up_p = 1;
+                               np->link_config.active_speed = SPEED_10000;
+                               np->link_config.active_duplex = DUPLEX_FULL;
+                       }
+               }
        }
 
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&np->lock, flags);
 
-       return err;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static int niu_link_status(struct niu *np, int *link_up_p)
        .link_status            = link_status_10g_hotplug,
 };
 
+static const struct niu_phy_ops phy_ops_niu_10g_hotplug = {
+       .serdes_init            = serdes_init_niu_10g_fiber,
+       .xcvr_init              = xcvr_init_10g_bcm8706,
+       .link_status            = link_status_10g_hotplug,
+};
+
 static const struct niu_phy_ops phy_ops_10g_copper = {
        .serdes_init            = serdes_init_10g,
        .link_status            = link_status_10g, /* XXX */
        .phy_addr_base  = 8,
 };
 
+static const struct niu_phy_template phy_template_niu_10g_hotplug = {
+       .ops            = &phy_ops_niu_10g_hotplug,
+       .phy_addr_base  = 8,
+};
+
 static const struct niu_phy_template phy_template_10g_copper = {
        .ops            = &phy_ops_10g_copper,
        .phy_addr_base  = 10,
                case NIU_FLAGS_10G | NIU_FLAGS_FIBER:
                        /* 10G Fiber */
                default:
-                       tp = &phy_template_niu_10g_fiber;
-                       phy_addr_off += np->port;
+                       if (np->flags & NIU_FLAGS_HOTPLUG_PHY) {
+                               tp = &phy_template_niu_10g_hotplug;
+                               if (np->port == 0)
+                                       phy_addr_off = 8;
+                               if (np->port == 1)
+                                       phy_addr_off = 12;
+                       } else {
+                               tp = &phy_template_niu_10g_fiber;
+                               phy_addr_off += np->port;
+                       }
                        break;
                }
        } else {
                msleep(200);
        }
        err = niu_serdes_init(np);
-       if (err)
+       if (err && !(np->flags & NIU_FLAGS_HOTPLUG_PHY))
                return err;
        msleep(200);
        err = niu_xcvr_init(np);
-       if (!err)
+       if (!err || (np->flags & NIU_FLAGS_HOTPLUG_PHY))
                niu_link_status(np, &ignore);
        return 0;
 }
        if (model)
                strcpy(np->vpd.model, model);
 
+       if (of_find_property(dp, "hot-swappable-phy", &prop_len)) {
+               np->flags |= (NIU_FLAGS_10G | NIU_FLAGS_FIBER |
+                       NIU_FLAGS_HOTPLUG_PHY);
+       }
+
        return 0;
 #else
        return -EINVAL;