Unfortunately, that fix did not get into the version that will be released shortly which is currently locked down. It will most definitely be in the following release posted to SourceForge, and I will be working with Jeff K. to push this and other fixes upstream to kernel.org.
>-----Original Message----- >From: Ronciak, John >Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 10:20 AM >To: John DeFranco; Allan, Bruce W >Cc: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: RE: [E1000-devel] e1000e not returning proper ETHTOOLS link >upstatus? > >It may be in the latest but we'll be posting a new version that absolutely >have the fix in about 2 weeks. > > >Cheers, >John >----------------------------------------------------------- >"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary >Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.", Benjamin Franklin 1755 > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:e1000-devel- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John DeFranco >Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 8:57 AM >To: Allan, Bruce W >Cc: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >Subject: Re: [E1000-devel] e1000e not returning proper ETHTOOLS link >upstatus? > >This is great news, thanks. Do you have any idea what version this is >fixed in? > > > >Allan, Bruce W wrote: >> Yup, it's known and already fixed in-house. >> >> Essentially, the return from e1000_get_link() should be something like: >> >> return ((status & E1000_STATUS_LU) ? 1 : 0); >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:e1000-devel- >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John DeFranco >>> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 4:37 PM >>> To: e1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>> Subject: [E1000-devel] e1000e not returning proper ETHTOOLS link up >>> >> status? >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm seeing what I consider a problem with getting link status via >>> SIOCETHTOOL and the e1000e driver. According to all the data I have and >>> based on how the e1000/e100/tg3 and any broadcom driver works if I >>> >> issue >> >>> something like the following: >>> >>> edata.cmd = ETHTOOL_GLINK; >>> ifr.ifr_data = (caddr_t)&edata; >>> >>> if (ioctl(mii_socket, SIOCETHTOOL, &ifr) != 0 ){ >>> printf("errno: %d, %s\n", errno, strerror(errno)); >>> } else { >>> printf("status for %s: 0x%x\n", if_name, edata.data); >>> } >>> >>> I would/should get an edata.data value of 1 for link up and 0 for link >>> down. Here is an example on an interface that uses the tg3 driver: >>> >>> [root@ ~]# ./test eth0 >>> mii_socket: 3 >>> Proper MII ioctl for eth0 is SIOCETHTOOL. >>> status for eth0: 0x1 >>> >>> The link is up and I get a 1. Same test on a nic with the e1000e driver >>> shows: >>> >>> [root@ ~]# ./test eth4 >>> mii_socket: 3 >>> Proper MII ioctl for eth4 is SIOCETHTOOL. >>> status for eth4: 0x2 >>> >>> The link is definately up and connected but instead of showing a status >>> of 1 it give me 2. If I unplug the link it does give me a 0 (as >>> >> expected). >> >>> This seems like a bug, but thats why I'm asking this list. >>> -- >>> John DeFranco >>> Hewlett-Packard Company >>> Availability Clusters Solutions Lab >>> 408-447-7543 >>> >>> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >> -- >> >>> Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. >>> It's the best place to buy or sell services for >>> just about anything Open Source. >>> http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php >>> _______________________________________________ >>> E1000-devel mailing list >>> E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel >>> >> >> >-- >John DeFranco >Hewlett-Packard Company >Availability Clusters Solutions Lab >408-447-7543 > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- >Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. >It's the best place to buy or sell services for >just about anything Open Source. >http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php >_______________________________________________ >E1000-devel mailing list >E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel
