Re: Support e1000 M88 PHY registers in -d

[Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>]

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On Wed, 2011-05-04 at 10:41 -0700, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-04-04 at 10:41 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> ...but I will if I don't hear back from you soon.
> 
> Ben.
> 

Go ahead and apply the changes.  I apologize, I thought I had already
pushed this patch.

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