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Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:26:56 +0200 From: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com> To: Michał Mirosław <mirqus@...il.com> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, eric.dumazet@...il.com, bhutchings@...arflare.com, shemminger@...tta.com Subject: Re: [patch net-next-2.6 1/2] net: allow to change carrier via sysfs Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 08:11:37PM CEST, mirqus@...il.com wrote: >2011/8/30 Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>: >> Allow to write to "carrier" attribute. Devices may implement ndo_change_carrier >> callback to allow changing carrier from userspace. > >Do you expect drivers using implementation different than just calling >netif_carrier_on/off? Or is it supposed to also e.g. power down PHYs? Yes, generally it can be used also for en/disable phy, for testing purposes if hw and driver would support it. > >BTW, I like this feature! > >Best Regards, >Michał Mirosław -- 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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