Abdulla; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 02/10] forcedeth: power down phy when interface is
down
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:53:58 -0800
Ed Swierk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 12/13/07, Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does this patch actually fix any observeable
I would not include this patch until further testing is performed.
NVIDIA MCP chips use 3rd party PHY vendors. By powering down the phy, it
could have adverse affects on certain phys.
Ayaz
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On 12/13/07, Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does this patch actually fix any observeable problem?
Without the patch, ifconfig down leaves the physical link up, which
confuses datacenter users who expect the link lights both on the NIC
and the switch to go out when they bring an interface
Andrew Morton wrote:
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:11:55 -0800
Ayaz Abdulla [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would not include this patch until further testing is performed.
NVIDIA MCP chips use 3rd party PHY vendors. By powering down the
phy, it could have adverse affects on certain phys.
Ayaz
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:11:55 -0800
Ayaz Abdulla [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would not include this patch until further testing is performed.
NVIDIA MCP chips use 3rd party PHY vendors. By powering down the phy, it
could have adverse affects on certain phys.
Ayaz
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On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:53:58 -0800
Ed Swierk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 12/13/07, Andrew Morton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does this patch actually fix any observeable problem?
Without the patch, ifconfig down leaves the physical link up, which
confuses datacenter users who expect the link
