Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Fri, 29 Aug 2003 04:16:29 -0700 | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Subject | Re: We have ethtool_ops, any thoughts on miitool_ops? |
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:50:17 +0200 Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 04:14, David T Hollis wrote: > > If a driver is converted to use ethtool_ops, it does not seem to have > > the ability to support mii-tool any longer. RedHat uses mii-tool to > > check for link before running dhclient so that you don't have to wait > > forever for dhclient to timeout if the connection is down (laptops, > > etc). > > this is legacy; the road to the future for this is ethtool + the link > status change notification stuff
Besides, the original claim is false. You can still support all the other ioctls however you want, even the MII ones, after enabling ethtool_ops in a driver.
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