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From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 1/2] ethtool: Add PHY type to ethtool
	get_drvinfo
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:33:07 +0000
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On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 08:13 -0800, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com>
>=20
> Allow the PHY type to be passed from a driver to ethtool when
> ethtool -i ethX is called.  With newer network cards having SFP
> and SFP+ PHY cages, this information can be useful, especially
> if the NIC supports hot-swapping of the PHY modules.
[...]

I think this information belongs in =EF=BB=BFethtool_cmd, in the port a=
nd/or
transceiver fields.

Ben.

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