From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chaitanya Lala Subject: [PATCH 1/1] ethtool: Expose MDI-X status Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 07:54:26 -0700 Message-ID: <20090522145426.GA8470@clala-laptop> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: jgarzik@pobox.com Return-path: Received: from smtp2.riverbed.com ([206.169.144.7]:1176 "EHLO smtp2.riverbed.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754590AbZEVOxv (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 May 2009 10:53:51 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: The MDI-X status is a useful tool for diagnosing network connectivity issues. We expose MDI-X status as a tri-state value status which drivers can optionally implement. Signed-off-by: Chaitanya Lala Signed-off-by: Arthur Jones --- ethtool-copy.h | 6 ++++++ ethtool.c | 13 +++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/ethtool-copy.h b/ethtool-copy.h index 3ca4e2c..37bbeaf 100644 --- a/ethtool-copy.h +++ b/ethtool-copy.h @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ struct ethtool_cmd { __u8 phy_address; __u8 transceiver; /* Which transceiver to use */ __u8 autoneg; /* Enable or disable autonegotiation */ + __u8 is_mdix; __u32 maxtxpkt; /* Tx pkts before generating tx int */ __u32 maxrxpkt; /* Rx pkts before generating rx int */ __u16 speed_hi; @@ -416,6 +417,11 @@ struct ethtool_rxnfc { #define AUTONEG_DISABLE 0x00 #define AUTONEG_ENABLE 0x01 +/* Mode MDI or MDI-X */ +#define MDI_INVALID 0x00 +#define MDI 0x01 +#define MDI_X 0x02 + /* Wake-On-Lan options. */ #define WAKE_PHY (1 << 0) #define WAKE_UCAST (1 << 1) diff --git a/ethtool.c b/ethtool.c index 0110682..bf12168 100644 --- a/ethtool.c +++ b/ethtool.c @@ -964,6 +964,19 @@ static int dump_ecmd(struct ethtool_cmd *ep) fprintf(stdout, " Auto-negotiation: %s\n", (ep->autoneg == AUTONEG_DISABLE) ? "off" : "on"); + + switch (ep->is_mdix) { + case MDI: + fprintf(stdout, " MDI-X: off\n"); + break; + case MDI_X: + fprintf(stdout, " MDI-X: on\n"); + break; + default: + fprintf(stdout, " MDI-X: Unknown\n"); + break; + } + return 0; } -- 1.6.0.4