Re: Support e1000 M88 PHY registers in -d

[Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>]

On Mon, 2011-04-04 at 01:36 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 09:24, Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com> wrote:
> > Anthony,
> >
> > I'm now upstream maintainer for ethtool so I've picked up your patch
> > again.
> >
> > On Fri, 2010-03-19 at 00:32 -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> >> Package: ethtool
> >> Version: 1:2.6.33-1
> >> Severity: wishlist
> >>
> >> The M88 PHY registers contain useful information like the cable length
> >> estimate and the MDI/MDIX status. The attached patch makes -d dump
> >> them.
> >
> > Patches for ethtool should include a commit message and Signed-off-by
> > line, as in the Linux kernel.  See sections 2 and 12 of
> > <http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/SubmittingPatches>.  They
> > should be sent to this address and to netdev.
> >
> > I'm forwarding this patch to netdev and the e1000 developers for review.
> >
> > Ben.
> 
> Thanks Ben.  Just to be clear, have you applied these e1000 changes to
> the ethtool?
[...]

I have not applied these changes either anywhere.

Ben.

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