netdev - Re: [PATCH] natsemi: make cable length magic configurable

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Date:	Fri, 25 Nov 2011 01:37:13 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jdelvare@...e.de
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, thockin@...kin.org, okir@...e.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] natsemi: make cable length magic configurable

From: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.de>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:43:59 +0100

> We had a customer report concerning problems with a Natsemi DP83815-D
> and long cables. With 100m cables, the network would be essentially dead,
> not a single packet would get through either way. We had to apply the
> patch below to make it work.

Please do not add new private device driver module knobs.

Instead, add generic flags to the ethtool interface or similar to
control device behavior.
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