Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] sunvnet: implement basic ethtool get_settings

[Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@oracle.com>]

On 6/21/2017 12:06 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@oracle.com>
> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 09:09:54 -0700
> 
>> Add the get_settings callback so that both the ldmvsw and sunvnet
>> drivers will give a little more information when asked for its
>> basic settings.  These aren't necessarily very useful, but they
>> make some users happier.  Also, a side effect is that the speed
>> attribute in /sys/class/net/<dev> is now readable, which makes
>> a couple of the ldom management tools happier.
>>
>> Orabug: 26175474
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@oracle.com>
> 
> I would set the speed to something other than zero, and also

I kept looking at that and wasn't sure which value to pretend with.  I 
looked at what was reported in the Solaris world and saw '0' so went 
with that.  I suppose using SPEED_10000 shouldn't hurt anything, and is 
close enough to observed client-to-client speeds.

> consider the ramifications of this change upon things like
> 'bonding' and 'team'.

The request I was responding to with this was really more targeted at 
the ldmvsw (host) side of the connection, the vif device, which I 
believe only ever gets connected to the vsw bridge.  You're right, tho', 
because the eth0 in the ldom client *does* get sucked into teams.  I may 
drop the sunvnet/client side of this patch and stick with just the 
host/ldmvsw side.

Thanks,
sln