Re: [PATCH net-next 3/5] be2net: Fix to apply duplex value as unknown when link is down.

[Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>]

On Thu, 2012-04-26 at 19:58 +0530, Somnath Kotur wrote:
> From: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@emulex.com>
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@emulex.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
> index 5296df5..bb2add7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
> @@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ static int be_get_settings(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_cmd *ecmd)
>  		ecmd->supported = adapter->phy.supported;
>  	}
>  
> -	ecmd->duplex = DUPLEX_FULL;
> +	ecmd->duplex = netif_carrier_ok(netdev) ? DUPLEX_FULL : -1;
>  	ecmd->phy_address = adapter->port_num;
>  
>  	return 0;

I don't see any problem with reporting full-duplex all the time if you
don't support any half-duplex link modes.  But we don't yet have
consistency between drivers in speed/duplex reporting while the link is
down, so I won't insist that that is the right thing to do.

However you should use DUPLEX_UNKNOWN rather than -1.

Ben.

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