diff --git a/drivers/net/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
index 6bf18c8..baa3514 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * Author: Andy Fleming
  * Maintainer: Kumar Gala
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute  it and/or modify it
  * under  the terms of  the GNU General  Public License as published by the
@@ -398,6 +398,38 @@
 }
 
 
+/* Reads the controller's registers to determine what interface
+ * connects it to the PHY.
+ */
+static phy_interface_t gfar_get_interface(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct gfar_private *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
+	u32 ecntrl = gfar_read(&priv->regs->ecntrl);
+
+	if (ecntrl & ECNTRL_SGMII_MODE)
+		return PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_SGMII;
+
+	if (ecntrl & ECNTRL_TBI_MODE) {
+		if (ecntrl & ECNTRL_REDUCED_MODE)
+			return PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RTBI;
+		else
+			return PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_TBI;
+	}
+
+	if (ecntrl & ECNTRL_REDUCED_MODE) {
+		if (ecntrl & ECNTRL_REDUCED_MII_MODE)
+			return PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RMII;
+		else
+			return PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_RGMII;
+	}
+
+	if (priv->einfo->device_flags & FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_GIGABIT)
+		return PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_GMII;
+
+	return PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_MII;
+}
+
+
 /* Initializes driver's PHY state, and attaches to the PHY.
  * Returns 0 on success.
  */
@@ -409,6 +441,7 @@
 		SUPPORTED_1000baseT_Full : 0;
 	struct phy_device *phydev;
 	char phy_id[BUS_ID_SIZE];
+	phy_interface_t interface;
 
 	priv->oldlink = 0;
 	priv->oldspeed = 0;
@@ -416,7 +449,9 @@
 
 	snprintf(phy_id, BUS_ID_SIZE, PHY_ID_FMT, priv->einfo->bus_id, priv->einfo->phy_id);
 
-	phydev = phy_connect(dev, phy_id, &adjust_link, 0);
+	interface = gfar_get_interface(dev);
+
+	phydev = phy_connect(dev, phy_id, &adjust_link, 0, interface);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(phydev)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Could not attach to PHY\n", dev->name);