vars->mac_type = MAC_TYPE_NONE;
                if (vars->link_status & LINK_STATUS_PHYSICAL_LINK_FLAG)
                        vars->phy_flags |= PHY_HALF_OPEN_CONN_FLAG;
+               if (vars->link_status & LINK_STATUS_SFP_TX_FAULT)
+                       vars->phy_flags |= PHY_SFP_TX_FAULT_FLAG;
        }
 }
 
                vars->phy_flags &= ~PHY_OVER_CURRENT_FLAG;
 }
 
-static void bnx2x_analyze_link_error(struct link_params *params,
-                                    struct link_vars *vars, u32 lss_status,
-                                    u8 notify)
+/* Returns 0 if no change occured since last check; 1 otherwise. */
+static u8 bnx2x_analyze_link_error(struct link_params *params,
+                                   struct link_vars *vars, u32 status,
+                                   u32 phy_flag, u32 link_flag, u8 notify)
 {
        struct bnx2x *bp = params->bp;
        /* Compare new value with previous value */
        u8 led_mode;
-       u32 half_open_conn = (vars->phy_flags & PHY_HALF_OPEN_CONN_FLAG) > 0;
+       u32 old_status = (vars->phy_flags & phy_flag) ? 1 : 0;
 
-       if ((lss_status ^ half_open_conn) == 0)
-               return;
+       if ((status ^ old_status) == 0)
+               return 0;
 
        /* If values differ */
-       DP(NETIF_MSG_LINK, "Link changed:%x %x->%x\n", vars->link_up,
-                      half_open_conn, lss_status);
+       switch (phy_flag) {
+       case PHY_HALF_OPEN_CONN_FLAG:
+               DP(NETIF_MSG_LINK, "Analyze Remote Fault\n");
+               break;
+       case PHY_SFP_TX_FAULT_FLAG:
+               DP(NETIF_MSG_LINK, "Analyze TX Fault\n");
+               break;
+       default:
+               DP(NETIF_MSG_LINK, "Analyze UNKOWN\n");
+       }
+       DP(NETIF_MSG_LINK, "Link changed:[%x %x]->%x\n", vars->link_up,
+          old_status, status);
 
        /* a. Update shmem->link_status accordingly
         * b. Update link_vars->link_up
         */
-       if (lss_status) {
-               DP(NETIF_MSG_LINK, "Remote Fault detected !!!\n");
+       if (status) {
                vars->link_status &= ~LINK_STATUS_LINK_UP;
+               vars->link_status |= link_flag;
                vars->link_up = 0;
-               vars->phy_flags |= PHY_HALF_OPEN_CONN_FLAG;
+               vars->phy_flags |= phy_flag;
 
                /* activate nig drain */
                REG_WR(bp, NIG_REG_EGRESS_DRAIN0_MODE + params->port*4, 1);
                 */
                led_mode = LED_MODE_OFF;
        } else {
-               DP(NETIF_MSG_LINK, "Remote Fault cleared\n");
                vars->link_status |= LINK_STATUS_LINK_UP;
+               vars->link_status &= ~link_flag;
                vars->link_up = 1;
-               vars->phy_flags &= ~PHY_HALF_OPEN_CONN_FLAG;
+               vars->phy_flags &= ~phy_flag;
                led_mode = LED_MODE_OPER;
 
                /* Clear nig drain */
        vars->periodic_flags |= PERIODIC_FLAGS_LINK_EVENT;
        if (notify)
                bnx2x_notify_link_changed(bp);
+
+       return 1;
 }
 
 /******************************************************************************
                if (REG_RD(bp, mac_base + XMAC_REG_RX_LSS_STATUS))
                        lss_status = 1;
 
-               bnx2x_analyze_link_error(params, vars, lss_status, notify);
+               bnx2x_analyze_link_error(params, vars, lss_status,
+                                        PHY_HALF_OPEN_CONN_FLAG,
+                                        LINK_STATUS_NONE, notify);
        } else if (REG_RD(bp, MISC_REG_RESET_REG_2) &
                   (MISC_REGISTERS_RESET_REG_2_RST_BMAC0 << params->port)) {
                /* Check E1X / E2 BMAC */
                REG_RD_DMAE(bp, mac_base + lss_status_reg, wb_data, 2);
                lss_status = (wb_data[0] > 0);
 
-               bnx2x_analyze_link_error(params, vars, lss_status, notify);
+               bnx2x_analyze_link_error(params, vars, lss_status,
+                                        PHY_HALF_OPEN_CONN_FLAG,
+                                        LINK_STATUS_NONE, notify);
        }
        return 0;
 }
+static void bnx2x_sfp_tx_fault_detection(struct bnx2x_phy *phy,
+                                        struct link_params *params,
+                                        struct link_vars *vars)
+{
+       struct bnx2x *bp = params->bp;
+       u32 cfg_pin, value = 0;
+       u8 led_change, port = params->port;
 
+       /* Get The SFP+ TX_Fault controlling pin ([eg]pio) */
+       cfg_pin = (REG_RD(bp, params->shmem_base + offsetof(struct shmem_region,
+                         dev_info.port_hw_config[port].e3_cmn_pin_cfg)) &
+                  PORT_HW_CFG_E3_TX_FAULT_MASK) >>
+                 PORT_HW_CFG_E3_TX_FAULT_SHIFT;
+
+       if (bnx2x_get_cfg_pin(bp, cfg_pin, &value)) {
+               DP(NETIF_MSG_LINK, "Failed to read pin 0x%02x\n", cfg_pin);
+               return;
+       }
+
+       led_change = bnx2x_analyze_link_error(params, vars, value,
+                                             PHY_SFP_TX_FAULT_FLAG,
+                                             LINK_STATUS_SFP_TX_FAULT, 1);
+
+       if (led_change) {
+               /* Change TX_Fault led, set link status for further syncs */
+               u8 led_mode;
+
+               if (vars->phy_flags & PHY_SFP_TX_FAULT_FLAG) {
+                       led_mode = MISC_REGISTERS_GPIO_HIGH;
+                       vars->link_status |= LINK_STATUS_SFP_TX_FAULT;
+               } else {
+                       led_mode = MISC_REGISTERS_GPIO_LOW;
+                       vars->link_status &= ~LINK_STATUS_SFP_TX_FAULT;
+               }
+
+               /* If module is unapproved, led should be on regardless */
+               if (!(phy->flags & FLAGS_SFP_NOT_APPROVED)) {
+                       DP(NETIF_MSG_LINK, "Change TX_Fault LED: ->%x\n",
+                          led_mode);
+                       bnx2x_set_e3_module_fault_led(params, led_mode);
+               }
+       }
+}
 void bnx2x_period_func(struct link_params *params, struct link_vars *vars)
 {
        u16 phy_idx;
                struct bnx2x_phy *phy = ¶ms->phy[INT_PHY];
                bnx2x_set_aer_mmd(params, phy);
                bnx2x_check_over_curr(params, vars);
-               bnx2x_warpcore_config_runtime(phy, params, vars);
+               if (vars->rx_tx_asic_rst)
+                       bnx2x_warpcore_config_runtime(phy, params, vars);
+
+               if ((REG_RD(bp, params->shmem_base +
+                           offsetof(struct shmem_region, dev_info.
+                               port_hw_config[params->port].default_cfg))
+                   & PORT_HW_CFG_NET_SERDES_IF_MASK) ==
+                   PORT_HW_CFG_NET_SERDES_IF_SFI) {
+                       if (bnx2x_is_sfp_module_plugged(phy, params)) {
+                               bnx2x_sfp_tx_fault_detection(phy, params, vars);
+                       } else if (vars->link_status &
+                               LINK_STATUS_SFP_TX_FAULT) {
+                               /* Clean trail, interrupt corrects the leds */
+                               vars->link_status &= ~LINK_STATUS_SFP_TX_FAULT;
+                               vars->phy_flags &= ~PHY_SFP_TX_FAULT_FLAG;
+                               /* Update link status in the shared memory */
+                               bnx2x_update_mng(params, vars->link_status);
+                       }
+               }
+
        }
 
 }