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Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 16:02:56 +0300 From: "Török Edvin" <edwintorok@...il.com> To: "Matthew Garrett" <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> Cc: "Arjan van de Ven" <arjan@...ux.intel.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, power@...host.org, zambrano@...adcom.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] b44: power down PHY when interface down On 6/30/07, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 30, 2007 at 07:44:59AM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > Matthew Garrett wrote: > > >Do you still get link beat detection when the phy is powered down? No. As for link detection on the switch connected to this card: If I have WoL turned off, then I don't get link beat detection. If I have WoL turned on, then PHY won't be powered down, and I get link detection on the switch. > > > > > does that matter? > > If the interface is down, nic drivers aren't expected to detect > > link... if userspace wants to find link status it should have the > > interface up. I don't get link beat detection with the original driver either, when interface is down (unless I pass it -a, but then it will bring the interface up). --Edwin - 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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