From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
To: Roger Luethi <rl@hellgate.ch>
Cc: jgarzik@pobox.com, netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] ethtool semantics
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 14:57:23 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040607145723.41da5783.davem@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040607212804.GA17012@k3.hellgate.ch>
On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 23:28:04 +0200
Roger Luethi <rl@hellgate.ch> wrote:
> What is the correct response if a user passes ethtool speed or duplex
> arguments while autoneg is on? Some possible answers are:
>
> a) Yell at the user for doing something stupid.
>
> b) Fail silently (i.e. ignore command).
>
> c) Change advertised value accordingly and initiate new negotiation.
>
> d) Consider "autoneg off" implied, force media accordingly.
>
> The ethtool(8) man page I'm looking at doesn't address that question. The
> actual behavior I've seen is b) which is by far my least preferred
> solution.
speed and duplex fields should be silently ignored in this case
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-07 22:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-07 21:28 [RFC] ethtool semantics Roger Luethi
2004-06-07 21:57 ` David S. Miller [this message]
2004-06-07 23:43 ` Marc Herbert
2004-06-08 21:08 ` Roger Luethi
2004-06-09 21:09 ` Bill Davidsen
2004-06-09 21:38 ` Roger Luethi
2004-06-09 22:12 ` David S. Miller
2004-06-14 13:11 ` Marc Herbert
2004-06-14 17:01 ` Tim Hockin
2004-06-14 19:32 ` Marc Herbert
2004-06-14 19:42 ` Roger Luethi
2004-06-10 0:01 ` James H. Cloos Jr.
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