Hi, I have a question wrt to 802.3 Test Mode and the e1000/e1000e hardware, which is sometimes required for certification purposes of networking equipment in some countries.
After reading parts of clause 40.6.1.1.2 of the 802.3 spec and checking both the e1000e driver and its documentation it seems that: * 802.3 clause 40.6.1.1.2 is a sort of interoperability test, with tests required for ransmitter waveform, transmitter distortion and transmitted jitter. * the e1000 documentation mentions support for this in the GCON (09d; R/W) register. However, I don't see support for this in the e1000e driver (v0.5.18.3). * ethtools 'offline' and 'online' selftests are completely different, (basically doing e1000_link_test() as well as e1000_reg_test()), which seem not to be related to clause 40.6.1.1.2. Are these statements correct? If so, what is your opinion if something like this should ever go into the driver, possibly with support from 'ethtool' e. g. I'm currently in the process of checking other drivers as well. Please share your thoughts. /holger ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel
