From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 22 Jun 2001 01:11:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 22 Jun 2001 01:10:54 -0400 Received: from f00f.stub.clear.net.nz ([203.167.224.51]:12036 "HELO metastasis.f00f.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 22 Jun 2001 01:10:40 -0400 Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 17:10:37 +1200 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , netdev@oss.sgi.com, "David S. Miller" Subject: Re: PATCH: ethtool MII helpers Message-ID: <20010622171037.D2576@metastasis.f00f.org> In-Reply-To: <3B23AFC3.71CE2FD2@mandrakesoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3B23AFC3.71CE2FD2@mandrakesoft.com>; from jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com on Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 01:34:59PM -0400 X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jun 10, 2001 at 01:34:59PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: Initial draft of a helper which uses generic elements present in several net drivers to implement ethtool ioctl support in a minimum amount of code. I have included a sample implementation in the epic100 driver, to illustrate how these helpers may be used. This should make it easier to implement support across 10/100 hardware which uses primarily an MII phy. Comments appreciated. Can someone explain to me why we have ethtool and mii-tool? Can we not extend ethtool for the mii-tool stuff, even if only at userland? --cw