Subject: Re: We have ethtool_ops, any thoughts on miitool_ops?
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
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To: David T Hollis <dhollis@davehollis.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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References: <3F4EB6F4.3010007@davehollis.com>
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On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 04:14, David T Hollis wrote:
> If a driver is converted to use ethtool_ops, it does not seem to have=20
> the ability to support mii-tool any longer.  RedHat uses mii-tool to=20
> check for link before running dhclient so that you don't have to wait=20
> forever for dhclient to timeout if the connection is down (laptops,=20
> etc).=20

this is legacy; the road to the future for this is ethtool + the link
status change notification stuff=20

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