From: Roland Dreier <rdreier-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Eli Cohen <eli-LDSdmyG8hGV8YrgS2mwiifqBs+8SCbDb@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Eli Cohen <eli-VPRAkNaXOzVS1MOuV/RT9w@public.gmane.org>,
davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org,
netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
Linux RDMA list
<linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] mlx4_en: show device's port used
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 14:32:26 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <adask5fy8et.fsf@roland-alpha.cisco.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100525174214.GA14745-8YAHvHwT2UEvbXDkjdHOrw/a8Rv0c6iv@public.gmane.org> (Eli Cohen's message of "Tue, 25 May 2010 20:42:14 +0300")
> I don't think there are many devices out there which have more than
> one port.
??
http://developer.intel.com/network/connectivity/solutions/gigabit.htm
http://www.broadcom.com/products/Ethernet-Controllers/Enterprise-Server/BCM5704C
etc
> So this will require changing all the drivers to put some value there
> or we would need to use a default value of 1 for drivers that don't
> explicitly set a value.
Yes, just set a default value.
> > and export it to userspace in generic code (so everyone
> > does it the same way).
> Something like ethtool? But we still need an entry under
> /sys/class/net/ethx/, right?
It could be ethtool or a sysfs attr.
- R.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-05-25 21:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-05-25 13:55 [PATCH] mlx4_en: show device's port used Eli Cohen
2010-05-25 16:55 ` Roland Dreier
[not found] ` <adaaarnzzsc.fsf-BjVyx320WGW9gfZ95n9DRSW4+XlvGpQz@public.gmane.org>
2010-05-25 17:12 ` Stephen Hemminger
2010-05-25 17:42 ` Eli Cohen
[not found] ` <20100525174214.GA14745-8YAHvHwT2UEvbXDkjdHOrw/a8Rv0c6iv@public.gmane.org>
2010-05-25 21:32 ` Roland Dreier [this message]
[not found] ` <adask5fy8et.fsf-BjVyx320WGW9gfZ95n9DRSW4+XlvGpQz@public.gmane.org>
2010-05-26 11:35 ` Tziporet Koren
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