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From: David Schweikert <david@schweikert.ch>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: niu: ethtool -s support?
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:50:21 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20081126095021.GB20045@schweikert.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081125.133124.74121407.davem@davemloft.net>

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 13:31:24 -0800, David Miller wrote:
> > It is apparently not possible to set the link parameters on a niu
> > interface (speed, duplex mode, auto-negotiation) with ethtool.
> > Is support for it planned?
> 
> Yes, at some point, although that work is pretty low priority
> to be honest.

OK, thanks for the information. Would it be possible for the company I
work for, to somehow sponsor the development of this feature? Do you
know maybe a fellow developer that might be interested?

This feature is the prerequisite for us to be able to use the Sun 8x
Express Quad Gigabit Ethernet card.

Cheers
David

  reply	other threads:[~2008-11-26  9:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-11-25 13:35 niu: ethtool -s support? David Schweikert
2008-11-25 21:31 ` David Miller
2008-11-26  9:50   ` David Schweikert [this message]
2008-12-15 16:12     ` niu: ethtool -s support -> implementation by contractor David Schweikert
2008-12-15 20:11       ` David Miller

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