netdev - Re: [PATCH] ethtool: remove mask for Auto in advertise section

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Date:	Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:56:58 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Cc:	Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ethtool: remove mask for Auto in advertise section

On Fri, 2011-03-04 at 23:27 -0800, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: Emil Tantilov <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>
> 
> The mask for Auto in the advertise section is incorrect for any interface
> that supports speeds > 1000Mbps. Since the description already states that
> the mask can be a combination of the supported values it's probably better
> to just remove it. 'Auto' was misleading anyway.
[...]

Applied.

Ben.

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