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Message-ID: <20061108120407.GA9506@elf.ucw.cz> Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 13:04:07 +0100 From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> To: Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com> Cc: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@...too.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: e1000/ICH8LAN weirdness - no ethtool link until initially forced up Hi! > >>This behavior differs from every other network card, and is also present > >>in the > >>7.3* version of the driver from sourceforge. > >> > >>I think the e1000 should try to raise the link during the probe, so that > >>it > >>works properly, without having to set ifconfig ethX up first. > > > >I think you should cc e1000 maintainers, and perhaps provide a patch.... > > I've read it and not come up with an answer due to some other issues at > hand. E1000 hardware works differently and this has been asked before, but > the cards itself are in low power state when down. Changing this to bring > up the link would make the card start to consume lots more power, which > would automatically suck enormously for anyone using a laptop. Well, maybe E1000 should behave as the other cards behave, and different solution needs to be found for power saving? ifconfig eth0 suspend? Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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