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Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 02:04:37 +0100 From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com> To: Chaitanya Lala <clala@...erbed.com> Cc: jgarzik@...ox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] ethtool: Expose MDI-X status On Fri, 2009-05-22 at 10:18 -0700, Chaitanya Lala wrote: > The MDI-X status is a useful tool for diagnosing network > connectivity issues. We expose MDI-X status as a tri-state value > status which drivers can optionally implement. > > Signed-off-by: Chaitanya Lala <clala@...erbed.com> > Signed-off-by: Arthur Jones <ajones@...erbed.com> > --- > ethtool-copy.h | 6 ++++++ > ethtool.c | 13 +++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/ethtool-copy.h b/ethtool-copy.h > index 3ca4e2c..d3e1524 100644 > --- a/ethtool-copy.h > +++ b/ethtool-copy.h > @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ struct ethtool_cmd { > __u16 speed_hi; > __u16 reserved2; > __u32 reserved[3]; > + __u8 is_mdix; /* Tri-state value to expose MDI-X */ > }; [...] No, you cannot change the size of this structure either. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job. They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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