From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/26] e1000: Deprecate mii-tool SIOCMIIREG ioctl
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:49:58 -0400
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Kok, Auke wrote:
> Deprecate mii-tool SIOCMIIREG ioctl. This ioctl is broken in e1000 and
> ethtool has this functionality in working order.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Auke Kok <auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com>

This doesn't "deprecated" anything, it changes the ABI on a user's 
machine by _removing_ ioctl handling code that used to be there.

What's broken, and what is needed to fix?  Perhaps e1000 should instead 
be limited to 10/100 networks/speeds?

	Jeff