Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Aug 2003 07:46:32 -0400 | From | David T Hollis <> | Subject | Re: We have ethtool_ops, any thoughts on miitool_ops? |
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David S. Miller wrote:
>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. > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > Thanks for the pointer. I didn't realize I could still have the old ioctl handler and just not worry about the ethool portion of it.
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