Re: [RFC] Configuring synchronous interfaces in Linux

[Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>]

Chris Wedgwood writes:
> Actually; Ethernet badly needs something like this too. I would kill
> to be able to do something like:
> 
> 	ifconfig eth0 speed 100 duplex full
> 
> o across different networks cards -- I've been thinking about it of
> late as I had to battle with this earlier this week; depending on
> what network card you use, you need different magic incarnations to
> do the above.
> 
> A standard interface is really needed; unless anyone objects I may
> look at drafting something up -- but it will require some input if it
> is not to look completely Ethernet centric.

We already have a standard interface for this, but many drivers do not
support it.  Its called "ifconfig eth0 media xxx":

bash-2.04# ifconfig --help
Usage:
  ifconfig [-a] [-i] [-v] [-s] <interface> [[<AF>] <address>]
...
  [mem_start <NN>]  [io_addr <NN>]  [irq <NN>]  [media <type>]
...
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