From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
To: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, gospo@redhat.com,
Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com>,
Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 1/2] ethtool: Add PHY type to ethtool get_drvinfo
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:07:19 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091117090719.7d83492a@nehalam> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091117161309.11341.9165.stgit@localhost.localdomain>
On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:13:24 -0800
Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> wrote:
> From: PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com>
>
> Allow the PHY type to be passed from a driver to ethtool when
> ethtool -i ethX is called. With newer network cards having SFP
> and SFP+ PHY cages, this information can be useful, especially
> if the NIC supports hot-swapping of the PHY modules.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
> ---
Maybe revive usage of connector port in ethtool rather than adding new API?
It is already there but values are out of date with current hardware.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-17 17:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-17 16:13 [net-next-2.6 PATCH 1/2] ethtool: Add PHY type to ethtool get_drvinfo Jeff Kirsher
2009-11-17 16:14 ` [net-next-2.6 PATCH 2/2] ixgbe: Display currently attached PHY through " Jeff Kirsher
2009-11-17 16:33 ` [net-next-2.6 PATCH 1/2] ethtool: Add PHY type to " Ben Hutchings
2009-11-17 17:07 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2009-11-17 19:56 ` Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P
2009-11-18 0:41 ` Stephen Hemminger
2009-11-18 0:47 ` Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P
2009-11-18 1:23 ` Ben Hutchings
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