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Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:16:40 +0200 From: Giuseppe CAVALLARO <peppe.cavallaro@...com> To: Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@...adcom.com> Cc: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com> Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 1/3] Added kernel support in EEE Ethtool commands On 6/5/2012 10:11 AM, Yuval Mintz wrote: > On 06/05/2012 11:00 AM, Giuseppe CAVALLARO wrote: > >> Hello Yuval, >> >> On 6/5/2012 8:39 AM, Yuval Mintz wrote: >>> This patch extends the kernel's ethtool interface by adding support >>> for 2 new EEE commands - get_eee and set_eee. >> >>> + __u32 tx_lpi_enabled; >>> + __u32 tx_lpi_timer; >> >> Is the tx_lpi_timer field for the MAC driver as we discussed in the >> past? If yes, so I can use it for the stmmac too. >> >> Peppe >> > > > > Hi Peppe, > > The short answer is yes. > > The API does not specify whether the delay should be made in the MAC > or controller levels, but it should guarantee that if the nic is idle > it should wait that many microseconds prior to asserting its Tx lpi. Perfect! So I'll give you the patches for phy and stmmac asap. Peppe > > Thanks, > Yuval > > -- 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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