Thanks everyone for your responses. This has been very helpful. I do have one additional question, is the e1000e driver meant as a complete replacement for the e1000 driver or just for a specific chipset/card?
Thanks! -jd Allan, Bruce W wrote: > 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
