From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Olaf Kirch <okir@suse.de>
Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] natsemi: long cable, short cable
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:07:25 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <420D2C9D.3090209@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050208141849.GC23971@suse.de>
Olaf Kirch wrote:
> The current version of the natsemi driver comes with a workaround
> for a hardware problem that causes link failures on short cables.
> Unfortunately, this workaround causes massive link failures on _long_
> cables (270-300ft). This patch adds a module parameter to disable
> the workaround if required.
>
> Signed-off-by: Olaf Kirch <okir@suse.de>
I grudgingly applied this.
Hopefully someone will create a private ioctl or ethtool option for
this, rather than a module option. This setting needs to be per-interface.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-02-11 22:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-02-08 14:18 [PATCH] natsemi: long cable, short cable Olaf Kirch
2005-02-11 22:07 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
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2005-02-15 4:35 Gary Spiess
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