From: Tim Hockin <thockin@hockin.org>
To: Marc Herbert <marc.herbert@free.fr>
Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] ethtool semantics
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:01:38 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040614170138.GA32594@hockin.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0406141458270.16762@fcat>
On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 03:11:15PM +0200, Marc Herbert wrote:
> > That is absolutely the correct thing to do, module parameters for
> > link settings are %100 deprecated, people need to use ethtool for
> > everything.
>
> This is precisely the reason why I am concerned about having "rich"
> ethtool semantics. A unified, standard interface is great,... as long
> it does not leave behind some features, like setting the advertised
> values in autoneg. As a user of these features, I hope driver
> developers will NOT remove those module_param features that cannot
> migrated to ethtool.
So propose a sane semantic that handles all three cases:
* autoneg on
* autoneg off
* autoneg on but limited
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-14 17:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-07 21:28 [RFC] ethtool semantics Roger Luethi
2004-06-07 21:57 ` David S. Miller
2004-06-07 23:43 ` Marc Herbert
2004-06-08 21:08 ` Roger Luethi
2004-06-09 21:09 ` Bill Davidsen
2004-06-09 21:38 ` Roger Luethi
2004-06-09 22:12 ` David S. Miller
2004-06-14 13:11 ` Marc Herbert
2004-06-14 17:01 ` Tim Hockin [this message]
2004-06-14 19:32 ` Marc Herbert
2004-06-14 19:42 ` Roger Luethi
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