On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:53:58 -0800 "Ed Swierk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 12/13/07, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does this patch actually fix any observeable problem? > > Without the patch, ifconfig down leaves the physical link up, which > confuses datacenter users who expect the link lights both on the NIC > and the switch to go out when they bring an interface down. > > Furthermore, even though the phy is powered on, autonegotiation stops > working, so a normally gigabit link might suddenly become 100 Mbit > half-duplex when the interface goes down, and become gigabit when it > comes up again. > OK, thanks, I added that text to the changelog along with Ayaz's objection and shall continue to bug people with it until we have a fix merged. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
