| To: | Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [PATCH 2.6] (1/3) add ethtool ioctl forwarding to vlan |
| From: | Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Tue, 03 Aug 2004 11:02:48 -0700 |
| Cc: | "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
| In-reply-to: | <20040803105017.0774e1db@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Organization: | Candela Technologies |
| References: | <20040803105017.0774e1db@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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Stephen Hemminger wrote: When network devices are used in bridges, the bridge does an ethtool ioctl to pick up the speed; this doesn't work with vlans. This patch makes any ethtool gets forwarded to the under lying real device. It seemed to make sense to do MII as well. Looks good to me. I'll also send a patch against 2.6.8 (when it's out) to bring the 2.6 VLAN code up to date with the latest 2.4 stuff. Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com |
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