netdev - Re: [patch 03/18] drivers/net/ns83820.c: add paramter to disable autonegotiation

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Date:	Fri, 10 Aug 2007 15:18:18 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
Cc:	jeff@...zik.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, dan@...nnet.dk,
	dan@...ker.dk, jgarzik@...ox.com
Subject: Re: [patch 03/18] drivers/net/ns83820.c: add paramter to disable
 autonegotiation

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:13:49 -0400
Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 02:05:13PM -0700, akpm@...ux-foundation.org wrote:
> > Also added a "disable_autoneg" module argument to completely disable
> > autoneg on all cards using this driver.
> ...
> > [akpm: this is a previously-nacked patch, but the problem is real]
> 
> Please remove this part of the patch.  The ethtool support is sufficient and 
> doesn't clobber other cards in the system.  At the very least the module 
> parameter has to be limited to a specific card.
> 

I think I'll drop the whole patch.  I've been nursing the thing along for
1.5 years and I don't recall seeing any reports of any bugs which it would
have fixed anyway.
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