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From: Jonathan Toppins <jtoppins@cumulusnetworks.com>
Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 00:08:12 -0400
Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 3/3] net: igb: register mii_bus for
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On 5/12/15 6:37 PM, Tim Harvey wrote:
>
> agreed - I will separate this into a different patch. I think
> SIOCGMIIREG/SIOCSMIIREG are useful for debugging and various userspace
> tools like ethtool and others that allow direct mii register access. I'm
> not clear what the general consusus is but there do seem to be many
> ethernet drivers that support SIOCMIIREG including the phylib default
> ioctl handler.

I am on holiday, will get a chance to read over the thread this weekend.

Regards,
-Jon