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Date:	Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:11:49 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	olaf@...fle.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com, jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com,
	konrad.wilk@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xen-netfront: report link speed to ethtool

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:46:34 +0000

> On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 17:48 +0100, Olaf Hering wrote:
>> Add .get_settings function, return fake data so that ethtool can get
>> enough information. For some application like VCS, this is useful,
>> otherwise some of application logic will get panic.
>> The reported data refers to VMWare vmxnet.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Xin Wei Hu <xwhu@...e.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Chunyan Liu <cyliu@...e.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@...fle.de>
> 
> NAK, we should not just make things up.

Agreed, if you cannot determine the values with certainty do not
implement this method.

Fix the tools which cannot function without this information.
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