Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966881AbWKTXSi (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:18:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S966877AbWKTXSi (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:18:38 -0500 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.25]:16018 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966521AbWKTXSg (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:18:36 -0500 Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:17:02 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Arnd Bergmann , Chris Snook , Jay Cliburn , romieu@fr.zoreil.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] atl1: Main C file for Attansic L1 driver Message-ID: <20061120151702.054bc541@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> In-Reply-To: <45622654.7030400@garzik.org> References: <20061119203050.GD29736@osprey.hogchain.net> <200611200057.45274.arnd@arndb.de> <45614769.4020005@redhat.com> <200611201322.00495.arnd@arndb.de> <20061120100202.6a79e382@freekitty> <4562036E.3020409@garzik.org> <20061120121524.68cf39d8@freekitty> <45621FEB.204@garzik.org> <20061120135959.66debead@freekitty> <45622654.7030400@garzik.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.6.0 (GTK+ 2.10.4; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) X-Face: &@E+xe?c%:&e4D{>f1O<&U>2qwRREG5!}7R4;D<"NO^UI2mJ[eEOA2*3>(`Th.yP,VDPo9$ /`~cw![cmj~~jWe?AHY7D1S+\}5brN0k*NE?pPh_'_d>6;XGG[\KDRViCfumZT3@[ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 990 Lines: 23 On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:04:04 -0500 Jeff Garzik wrote: > Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > What I would like is for the mii core to maintain the bits (like advertising) > > in the mii structure and if not running, it should just change the offline > > copy, then when link is brought up use the changes that were requested while > > link was down. Understand? > > > > That's why in the skge/sky2, I keep state bits and don't apply them until > > link is started. If mii (and phylib) did this, I could use them; but as it > > is they require PHY to be powered all the time. > > > You have the power to change it :) But need to review the other drivers > to assess the impact of the change, of course. planned to, in due course. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/