From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/21] e1000: add smart power down code Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:43:17 -0400 Message-ID: <44A08D35.7090007@pobox.com> References: <20060622051815.25497.89192.stgit@gitlost.site> <20060622052018.25497.43884.stgit@gitlost.site> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, "Brandeburg, Jesse" , "Kok, Auke" , "Ronciak, John" Return-path: Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:15828 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030599AbWF0BnT (ORCPT ); Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:43:19 -0400 To: "Kok, Auke" In-Reply-To: <20060622052018.25497.43884.stgit@gitlost.site> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Kok, Auke wrote: > Smart Power Down is a power saving feature in newer e1000 hardware. We > disable it because it causes time to link to be long, but make it a > user choice. > > Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg > Signed-off-by: Auke Kok > --- > > drivers/net/e1000/e1000.h | 1 + > drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c | 15 +++++++++++++++ > drivers/net/e1000/e1000_param.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) Since it's not default, who will actually use this? Particularly since it is only a module option, and not supported through ethtool (frown). Jeff