On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 01:11:12 +0100 Francois Romieu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > [...] > > IMHO: > > When device is down, it should: > > a) use as few resources as possible: > > - not grab memory for buffers > > - not assign IRQ unless it could get one > > - turn off all power consumption possible > > b) allow setting parameters like speed/duplex/autonegotiation, > > ring buffers, ... with ethtool, and remember the state > > c) not accept data coming in, and drop packets queued > > <nit> > Imho speed/duplex/autoneg is not the business of the device: they belong > to the phy and it's up to it to decide if its state allows to set the > requested parameters or not. > </nit> > We need to allow ethtool setting to be done before device has been brought up and started autonegotiation. The current MII library doesn't really support it. -- Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
