>what about something not so kernel based. It seems to me all we are >missing is a user-space override that communicates to the driver "yeah, >I know (as the administrator) that I'm not using IPMI, so port power >down is okay."
>We could do this with a small driver enhancement possibly using ethtool >private flags that would allow the driver to "override" the >check_mng_mode_generic result, and power down the phy anyway. >This functionality in the driver would allow for a user space script to >query ipmi, make sure it was disabled, and then enable the "override" >via ethtool. Jesse, Excellent idea, that's simpler and less intrusive, but accomplishes the same goal. Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K The only unified storage solution that offers unified management Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel To learn more about Intel® Ethernet, visit http://communities.intel.com/community/wired
