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Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/net: document missing speed
	capabilities feature
Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 12:02:57 +0200
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16/05/2017 11:39, Alejandro Lucero:
> Maybe we need another feature for detected link speed report capability.
> 
> There is already support for ETH_SPEED_NUM_NONE if the speed is not defined
> or it can not be specified by the device. Netronome has some firmwares
> without that link speed report capability, although maybe we are not the
> only ones with that problem.
> 
> 
> What do you think about this?

Yes, you mean you can advertise a speed capability,
but cannot report the real negotiated speed, right?
So we could add this feature.
There are also virtual drivers which cannot report some real speed.