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Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:31:28 -0700 (PDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: bhutchings@...arflare.com Cc: eilong@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/16] MDIO and ethtool enhancements From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:01:26 +0100 > The first part of this series introduce counterparts to <linux/mii.h> > and the mii module for use with MDIO clause 45 devices and controllers > that support both clause 22 and clause 45, and change several 10G > Ethernet drivers to use them. > > The remaining patches are a bit miscellaneous: > - Extend generic flow control/pause frame support and change the sfc > driver to use it > - Add fields to the ethtool_cmd structure to report the supported MDIO > mode(s) and link partner advertising flags, and implement these in the > mdio and mii modules > - Add support for backplane (1000BASE-KR and 10GBASE-KR/KX4) modes to > ethtool and the mdio module I like these changes, I'll add them to net-next-2.6 and we can further refine them as-needed. > I have a few questions to be resolved: > - Is the naming of functions and constants in <linux/mdio.h> reasonable, > or is more qualification required? I think those are fine. > - Is it reasonable to carry on using the MII ioctl interface with flags? I don't know, I'm a little disappointed it's still around but I suppose someone finds it useful. > - Are there more drivers that could use these generic definitions (I > haven't looked at the Broadcom drivers yet)? No idea. > - Does the backplane code work at all (I don't have any suitable > hardware yet)? The code will be there so someone can play around and test it. -- 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
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