On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 18:09 +0100, Steffen Klassert wrote:
> ...
> > > I still have a patch in queue to improve usage of netif_carrier_{on,off}
> > > but I had no possibility to test yet, so I did not send.
> >
> > I'd be happy to test it out if you'd like.
> >
> > Dan
>
> Hi Dan,
>
> here is the patch for testing.
>
>
> The patch _should_ do the following:
>
> 1. Set the polling intervall for media changes to 5 seconds if link is down
> and 60 seconds if link is up.
> 2. Handle netif_carrier_{on,of} and check for media changes in
> proper way by using mii_check_media() in the mii case.
> 3. Handle netif_carrier_{on,of} also if media is forced to 10baseT/100baseTx.
> 4. Use ethtool_op_get_link instead of vortex_get_link.
> So it is possible to test with ethtool.
The patch appears to work correctly and does notice links quite a bit
sooner. The only issue I noticed was that if no cable is plugged in, it
starts off with the carrier on (/sys/class/net/eth0/carrier == "1") but
a second later switches the carrier off. How do I track that down?
Dan
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