From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arkadiusz Miskiewicz Subject: Re: 3.0.0rc6: ethtool not working without a cable Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 18:57:21 +0200 Message-ID: <201107061857.21206.a.miskiewicz@gmail.com> References: <201107061338.08573.a.miskiewicz@gmail.com> <1309966010.2712.4.camel@bwh-desktop> <1309971146.6217.0.camel@jbrandeb-mobl.amr.corp.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: Ben Hutchings , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "e1000-devel" To: "Brandeburg, Jesse" Return-path: Received: from mail-fx0-f52.google.com ([209.85.161.52]:58742 "EHLO mail-fx0-f52.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752862Ab1GFQ5Z convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jul 2011 12:57:25 -0400 Received: by fxd18 with SMTP id 18so270233fxd.11 for ; Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:57:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1309971146.6217.0.camel@jbrandeb-mobl.amr.corp.intel.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wednesday 06 of July 2011, Brandeburg, Jesse wrote: > On Wed, 2011-07-06 at 08:26 -0700, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-07-06 at 16:53 +0200, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote: > > > On Wednesday 06 of July 2011, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2011-07-06 at 13:38 +0200, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote: > > > > > 3.0.0rc6, thinkpad t400 notebook. > > > > >=20 > > > > > If there is no cable then ethtool reports no device. It wasn'= t that > > > > > before AFAIK. > > > > >=20 > > > > > ethtool version 2.6.36 >=20 > snip >=20 > > Then the only other explanation I can think of is that the driver h= as > > 'detached' the device due to some kind of error. The ethtool core = does > > have a check for that. >=20 > could it be that aspm is enabled=20 I have CONFIG_PCIEASPM=3Dy > or that you've enabled runtime power > management? In e1000e? no (unless it's default somehow). --=20 Arkadiusz Mi=C5=9Bkiewicz PLD/Linux Team arekm / maven.pl http://ftp.pld-linux.org/