ethtool.h: MDI setting support
authorJesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Thu, 26 Jul 2012 02:30:53 +0000 (02:30 +0000)
committerJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Tue, 21 Aug 2012 08:19:54 +0000 (01:19 -0700)
commit6f6bbc186dc8e4e0c628db7decbd1a5e02cb5fd8
tree5d4aab558f968d6f78a0ae85db1c042a1ba3a552
parent1d76efe1577b4323609b1bcbfafa8b731eda071a
ethtool.h: MDI setting support

This change modifies the core ethtool struct to allow a driver to
support setting of MDI/MDI-X state for twisted pair wiring.  This
change uses a previously reserved u8 and should not change any
binary compatibility of ethtool.

Also as per Ben Hutchings' suggestion, the capabilities are
stored in a separate byte so the driver can report if it supports
changing settings.

see thread: http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2010/11/17/6289820/thread

see ethtool patches titled:
ethtool: allow setting MDI-X state

Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
CC: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Tested-by: Aaron Brown aaron.f.brown@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
include/linux/ethtool.h