Re: We have ethtool_ops, any thoughts on miitool_ops?

Arjan van de Ven
2003-08-29T08:50:26Z

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On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 04:14, David T Hollis wrote:
> If a driver is converted to use ethtool_ops, it does not seem to have
> the ability to support mii-tool any longer. RedHat uses mii-tool to
> check for link before running dhclient so that you don't have to wait
> forever for dhclient to timeout if the connection is down (laptops,
> etc).

this is legacy; the road to the future for this is ethtool + the link
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