Re: [RFC net-next 0/5] Support for PHY test modes

Andrew Lunn
2018-05-01T20:00:04Z

> # echo 4 > /sys/class/net/gphy/operstate
> # ip link show gphy
> 4: gphy@eth1: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500
> qdisc noqueue switchid 00000000 state TESTING mode DEFAULT group default
> qlen 1000
> link/ether 00:10:18:de:38:1f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

This looks good.

I stopped using ifconfig years ago, so i personally don't care about
it. If you are using old tools, you have to expect some surprises and
missing information.

Andrew