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Message-Id: <20130409.170727.1353692158695327368.davem@davemloft.net> Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:07:27 -0400 (EDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: nsujir@...adcom.com Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, mchan@...adcom.com Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 07/11] tg3: Add support for link flap avoidance From: "Nithin Nayak Sujir" <nsujir@...adcom.com> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 13:59:08 -0700 > On 04/09/2013 12:15 PM, David Miller wrote: >> From: "Nithin Nayak Sujir" <nsujir@...adcom.com> >> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2013 11:48:07 -0700 >> >> If we force a PHY reset due to EEE changes, will the ASF traffic >> disruption warning message be emitted? > > No, the message is not emitted. There are a couple of reasons for > this. > > 1. The intent of the message is to warn on user initiated operations > that cause a link flap. > > 2. The link flap due to EEE mismatch and force reset is possible the > very first time the system is powered on. It's reasonable to expect > the link to be in flux till the driver is in sync. > > After the 1st time the EEE mismatch can only happen if the user > modfies it via ethtool. tg3 does not yet support the set_eee ethtool > handler. When we implement that, we will add the warning there similar > to the other ethtool op handlers. Ok, thanks for the explanation. -- 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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