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Date:	Sat, 21 Jul 2012 00:27:39 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
CC:	<davem@...emloft.net>,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <gospo@...hat.com>,
	<sassmann@...hat.com>, Tushar Dave <tushar.n.dave@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next 4/6] e1000: configure and read MDI settings

On Fri, 2012-07-20 at 14:43 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
> 
> This is the implementation in e1000 to allow ethtool to force
> MDI state, allowing users to work around some improperly
> behaving switches.
> 
> Current get_settings behavior slightly changes in that now when link is down
> get_settings will return the MDI state of the last link because get_settings
> needs to succeed to allow the set to work even when link is down.
> 
> Forcing in this driver is for now only allowed when auto-neg is enabled.
> 
> To use must have the matching version of ethtool app that supports
> this functionality.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>
> CC: Tushar Dave <tushar.n.dave@...el.com>
> Tested-by: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c |   34 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c    |    4 +++
>  2 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
> index 3103f0b..1d96bda 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c
> @@ -174,6 +174,15 @@ static int e1000_get_settings(struct net_device *netdev,
>  
>  	ecmd->autoneg = ((hw->media_type == e1000_media_type_fiber) ||
>  			 hw->autoneg) ? AUTONEG_ENABLE : AUTONEG_DISABLE;
> +
> +	/* MDI-X => 1; MDI => 0 */
> +	if (hw->media_type == e1000_media_type_copper)
> +		ecmd->eth_tp_mdix = (!!adapter->phy_info.mdix_mode ?
> +							ETH_TP_MDI_X :
> +							ETH_TP_MDI);
> +	else
> +		ecmd->eth_tp_mdix = ETH_TP_MDI_INVALID;
[...]

Why don't you set ecmd->eth_tp_mdix_ctrl here?

If you also leave it as 0, it's impossible for userland to tell whether
the current mode was forced or automatically selected.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare
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