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

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Message-Id: <20070810164513.3d0b4e24.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:45:13 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"Logix -" <thelogix@...il.com>
Cc:	"Benjamin LaHaise" <bcrl@...ck.org>, jeff@...zik.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, dan@...nnet.dk, jgarzik@...ox.com
Subject: Re: [patch 03/18] drivers/net/ns83820.c: add paramter to disable
 autonegotiation

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:52:38 +0200
"Logix -" <thelogix@...il.com> wrote:

> On 8/11/07, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > > > [akpm: this is a previously-nacked patch, but the problem is real]
> >
> > 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.
> >
> 
> Except, using this card for sniffing using a passive fiber-tap cant be done,
> since with autoneg enabled, the card is set on half-duplex. Might not be a
> bug, but definitely a problem for me. But if im the only one in the world
> who needs this, so be it.
> 

Feel free to send a new patch.  It could be based on this one, but please
review the comments which people have had when this patch was sent on
earlier occasions.

http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&w=2&r=1&s=add+paramter+to+disable+autonegotiation&q=b is a decent start.

Thanks.
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