From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 1/2] e1000: Report link status in ethtool when interface is down Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:47:17 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20100203.194717.245921685.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20100204004926.16084.32526.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, gospo@redhat.com, nicholasx.d.nunley@intel.com To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:43952 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756285Ab0BDDrD (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Feb 2010 22:47:03 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20100204004926.16084.32526.stgit@localhost.localdomain> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jeff Kirsher Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:49:28 -0800 > From: Nick Nunley > > With this change ethtool will correctly report link status when > the interface is down. Currently ethtool reports the link as not > detected when the interface is down. > > Signed-off-by: Nicholas Nunley > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher Applied.