netdev - Re: [PATCH] Make possible speeds known to ethtool

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Date:	Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:14:06 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, jgarzik@...ox.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Make possible speeds known to ethtool

On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 18:03 -0800, Rick Jones wrote:
> Certain Broadcom 10Gb Ethernet solutions (e.g. the 57711E) can have a
> 10Gb port split into multiple virtual NICs each with an instance of
> the bnx2x driver.  These virtual NICs can be configured for any speed
> which is an integer multiple of 100 Mb/s from 100 to 10,000 Mbit/s
> inclusive.  Since this is "normal" for such systems an "Unknown!" is
> not indicated.
[...]

The vetting of speeds is kind of silly.  Given that speed is established
as being a number of Mbit/s (hence the need for speed_hi), why not
remove the warning and the checks for known values and report it as
such?

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.

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