Steven Stallion wrote:
> Garrett/All,
>
> There is an issue with dnet(7D) in which it does not select the MII PHY
> on a DEC 21143 (the faulty behavior seems to be isolated in
> find_active_media). This is making the remainder of the conversion very
> difficult (i.e. not being able to rely on mii soft state for link
> notification).
>
> I'd like to put together a separate patch for this problem since it is
> fairly limited in scope and really has nothing to do with the conversion
> itself. As it is, the conversion patch affects nearly 1,000 lines
> (roughly 20% of the overall source).
>
> (FWIW, I've already submitted a bug report to bugs under driver/dnet)
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Steve
>
>
This sounds like an *excellent* plan. If you can fix that problem
independently of your GLDv3 work, you can submit the fix and I'll work
to sponsor it ahead of time. Its much easier to deal with small
problems like this independently.
-- Garrett
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