IB/ipoib: improve ethtool support for older kernels
In non-recent kernels such as the ones used by RH5 the core networking ethtool
code doesn't apply the ethtool_op_get_xxx functions by default, so the driver
has to supply them. Without this patch ethtool -k on ipoib devices would print
wrong
OFED October 15 2008 meeting summary on OFED 1.4 status toward RC3:
Meeting minutes on the web:
http://www.openfabrics.org/txt/documentation/linux/EWG_meeting_minutes/
Meeting Summary:
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1. RC3 is delayed - will be released early next week
2. GA date was moved to Nov 10
3. NFS-RDMA
Or Gerlitz wrote:
IB/ipoib: improve ethtool support for older kernels
In non-recent kernels such as the ones used by RH5 the core networking ethtool
code doesn't apply the ethtool_op_get_xxx functions by default, so the driver
has to supply them. Without this patch ethtool -k on ipoib devices