netdev - Re: [PATCH] Stop phy code from returning success to unknown ioctls.

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Message-ID: <4751D3C3.5090908@pobox.com>
Date:	Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:36:03 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
CC:	linuxppc-dev@...abs.org, Domen Puncer <domen.puncer@...argo.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, afleming@...escale.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Stop phy code from returning success to unknown ioctls.

David Woodhouse wrote:
> This kind of sucks, and prevents the Fedora installer from using the
> device for network installs...
> 
> [root@...ka phy]# iwconfig eth0                                                                                                                
> Warning: Driver for device eth0 has been compiled with an ancient version                                                                      
> of Wireless Extension, while this program support version 11 and later.                                                                        
> Some things may be broken...                                                                                                                   
>                                                                                                                                                
> eth0        ESSID:off/any  Nickname:""                                                                                                         
>           NWID:0  Channel:0  Access Point: 00:00:BF:81:14:E0                                                                                   
>           Bit Rate:-1.08206e+06 kb/s   Sensitivity=0/0                                                                                         
>           RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off                                                                                                       
>           Encryption key:<too big>                                                                                                             
>           Power Management:off                                                                                                                 
>                                                                                                                                                
> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
> index 9bc1177..7c9e6e3 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
> @@ -406,6 +406,9 @@ int phy_mii_ioctl(struct phy_device *phydev,
>  				&& phydev->drv->config_init)
>  			phydev->drv->config_init(phydev);
>  		break;
> +
> +	default:
> +		return -ENOTTY;
>  	}
>  

applied


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