From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932467AbWAQNIw (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:08:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932466AbWAQNIv (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:08:51 -0500 Received: from mail.dvmed.net ([216.237.124.58]:57002 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932455AbWAQNIu (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:08:50 -0500 Message-ID: <43CCEC5F.7020801@pobox.com> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:08:47 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeff Kirsher CC: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, John Ronciak , Jesse Brandeburg Subject: Re: [PATCH ] ethtool: Remove duplex info from CTRL register dump References: <20060112071642.29428.23880.stgit@Gecko.tarbal.com> In-Reply-To: <20060112071642.29428.23880.stgit@Gecko.tarbal.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.1 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "srv2.dvmed.net", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: Jeff Kirsher wrote: > The duplex control register is used for setting the driver and is not > necessary for debug purposes. The value of the duplex control register is > what the register's current value is and may not reflect the correct status > of te current connection. That is what the duplex status register is used > for. To keep from confusing the user, we are removing the duplex register > from the ethtool dump of the registers. > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher > Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg > Signed-off-by: John Ronciak [...] Content analysis details: (0.1 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address [69.134.188.146 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Jeff Kirsher wrote: > The duplex control register is used for setting the driver and is not > necessary for debug purposes. The value of the duplex control register is > what the register's current value is and may not reflect the correct status > of te current connection. That is what the duplex status register is used > for. To keep from confusing the user, we are removing the duplex register > from the ethtool dump of the registers. > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher > Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg > Signed-off-by: John Ronciak applied, after replacing "ethtool:" with "e1000:" in the subject line. Jeff