From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Greear Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6] (1/3) add ethtool ioctl forwarding to vlan Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 11:02:48 -0700 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <410FD348.9040301@candelatech.com> References: <20040803105017.0774e1db@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "David S. Miller" , netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: To: Stephen Hemminger In-Reply-To: <20040803105017.0774e1db@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Stephen Hemminger wrote: > When network devices are used in bridges, the bridge does an ethtool > ioctl to pick up the speed; this doesn't work with vlans. > This patch makes any ethtool gets forwarded to the under lying > real device. It seemed to make sense to do MII as well. Looks good to me. I'll also send a patch against 2.6.8 (when it's out) to bring the 2.6 VLAN code up to date with the latest 2.4 stuff. Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com