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Message-Id: <1258475587.2732.10.camel@achroite.uk.solarflarecom.com> Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:33:07 +0000 From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com> To: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com> Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, gospo@...hat.com, Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com> Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 1/2] ethtool: Add PHY type to ethtool get_drvinfo On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 08:13 -0800, Jeff Kirsher wrote: > From: PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com> > > Allow the PHY type to be passed from a driver to ethtool when > ethtool -i ethX is called. With newer network cards having SFP > and SFP+ PHY cages, this information can be useful, especially > if the NIC supports hot-swapping of the PHY modules. [...] I think this information belongs in ethtool_cmd, in the port and/or transceiver fields. 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. -- 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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