Re: What now when we're [almost] out of ADVERTISED bits?
yes, I will update+repost. On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Yuval Mintzwrote: there was a work by David Decotigny that should have solved the out of bits problem here [1]. Maybe it should be revived. [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/1/26/882 >>> >>> Yes, it should. >> >> A repost would strongly facilitate that. >> >> Just if anyone ever thinks something is being ignored, just don't even use >> your >> brain, simply repost it again. > > David, are you going to re-post? Or do you want me to take over this one? > > Thanks, > Yuval -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: What now when we're [almost] out of ADVERTISED bits?
On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Yuval Mintzwrote: > [I suspect there was probably some discussion over this, > but I couldn't find it; References would be welcome] there was a work by David Decotigny that should have solved the out of bits problem here [1]. Maybe it should be revived. [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/1/26/882 > So it appears we're almost out of bits for new advertised speeds; > I'm currently looking at adding 100g. > > Assuming we want [and we do want] to have those in the `supported', > `advertising' and `lp_advertising' fields, the 2 reserve fields in > ethtool_cmd would not be sufficient [unless we break them into 4 u16]. > Or are we planning something more generic than this for future bits? Or. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: What now when we're [almost] out of ADVERTISED bits?
From: Ben HutchingsDate: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 00:40:54 + > On Sun, 2015-11-29 at 23:39 +0200, Or Gerlitz wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Yuval Mintz wrote: >> > [I suspect there was probably some discussion over this, >> > but I couldn't find it; References would be welcome] >> >> there was a work by David Decotigny that should have solved the out of >> bits problem here [1]. Maybe it should be revived. >> >> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/1/26/882 > > Yes, it should. A repost would strongly facilitate that. Just if anyone ever thinks something is being ignored, just don't even use your brain, simply repost it again. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: What now when we're [almost] out of ADVERTISED bits?
On Sun, 2015-11-29 at 23:39 +0200, Or Gerlitz wrote: > On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Yuval Mintzwrote: > > [I suspect there was probably some discussion over this, > > but I couldn't find it; References would be welcome] > > there was a work by David Decotigny that should have solved the out of > bits problem here [1]. Maybe it should be revived. > > [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/1/26/882 Yes, it should. Ben. > > So it appears we're almost out of bits for new advertised speeds; > > I'm currently looking at adding 100g. > > > > Assuming we want [and we do want] to have those in the `supported', > > `advertising' and `lp_advertising' fields, the 2 reserve fields in > > ethtool_cmd would not be sufficient [unless we break them into 4 u16]. > > Or are we planning something more generic than this for future bits? > > Or. -- Ben Hutchings Who are all these weirdos? - David Bowie, reading IRC for the first time signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
RE: What now when we're [almost] out of ADVERTISED bits?
>>> there was a work by David Decotigny that should have solved the out >>> of bits problem here [1]. Maybe it should be revived. >>> >>> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/1/26/882 >> >> Yes, it should. > > A repost would strongly facilitate that. > > Just if anyone ever thinks something is being ignored, just don't even use > your > brain, simply repost it again. David, are you going to re-post? Or do you want me to take over this one? Thanks, Yuval -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html