* [PATCH] ethtool: Report MDI-X status for twisted-pair interfaces
@ 2009-12-01 16:00 Ben Hutchings
2009-12-01 16:06 ` Jeff Garzik
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ben Hutchings @ 2009-12-01 16:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jeff Garzik; +Cc: netdev, Chaitanya Lala
Based on a patch by Chaitanya Lala <clala@riverbed.com>.
The MDI-X status can be a useful tool for diagnosing network
connectivity issues.
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
---
ethtool.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ethtool.c b/ethtool.c
index 827f16c..df02e91 100644
--- a/ethtool.c
+++ b/ethtool.c
@@ -1018,6 +1018,22 @@ static int dump_ecmd(struct ethtool_cmd *ep)
fprintf(stdout, " Auto-negotiation: %s\n",
(ep->autoneg == AUTONEG_DISABLE) ?
"off" : "on");
+
+ if (ep->port == PORT_TP) {
+ fprintf(stdout, " MDI-X: ");
+ switch (ep->eth_tp_mdix) {
+ case ETH_TP_MDI:
+ fprintf(stdout, "off\n");
+ break;
+ case ETH_TP_MDI_X:
+ fprintf(stdout, "on\n");
+ break;
+ default:
+ fprintf(stdout, "Unknown\n");
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
return 0;
}
--
1.5.5
--
Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
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* Re: [PATCH] ethtool: Report MDI-X status for twisted-pair interfaces
2009-12-01 16:00 [PATCH] ethtool: Report MDI-X status for twisted-pair interfaces Ben Hutchings
@ 2009-12-01 16:06 ` Jeff Garzik
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jeff Garzik @ 2009-12-01 16:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ben Hutchings; +Cc: netdev, Chaitanya Lala
On 12/01/2009 11:00 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> Based on a patch by Chaitanya Lala<clala@riverbed.com>.
>
> The MDI-X status can be a useful tool for diagnosing network
> connectivity issues.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings<bhutchings@solarflare.com>
> ---
> ethtool.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
applied
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