netdev - Re: niu: ethtool -s support?

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20081126095021.GB20045@schweikert.ch>
Date:	Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:50:21 +0100
From:	David Schweikert <david@...weikert.ch>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: niu: ethtool -s support?

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 13:31:24 -0800, David Miller wrote:
> > It is apparently not possible to set the link parameters on a niu
> > interface (speed, duplex mode, auto-negotiation) with ethtool.
> > Is support for it planned?
> 
> Yes, at some point, although that work is pretty low priority
> to be honest.

OK, thanks for the information. Would it be possible for the company I
work for, to somehow sponsor the development of this feature? Do you
know maybe a fellow developer that might be interested?

This feature is the prerequisite for us to be able to use the Sun 8x
Express Quad Gigabit Ethernet card.

Cheers
David
--
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