netdev - Re: [PATCH] Fix link test for e1000 and e1000e when iface is down

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Date:	Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:29:27 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	adetsch@...ibm.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix link test for e1000 and e1000e when iface is down

From: Andre Detsch <adetsch@...ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:35:58 -0200

> 
> When running ethtool -t on an interface that was just
> brought down, the link test was failing. That's because
> we need to perform a reset on the interface to be able
> to check the link status correctly. There is no problem
> on doing such reset right before the test, as the link
> test routine is prepared to wait for autoneg to complete
> if that is the case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andre Detsch <adetsch@...ibm.com>

Can I get some Intel ACKs on this?
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