Hi all,
Whilst reviewing bug reports, I saw one about the FEA not allowing the
link-layer parameters (e.g. Ethernet autonegotiation, chosen speed and duplex)
to be configured.
If anyone is looking for something to do, this would be another fairly simple
coding task to get involved with the project and the code base, and which is
something we might all generally find useful.
In BSD, the kernel interface used to access and configure this state is
known as ifmedia. A notification will be sent by the kernel when the link state
changes by means of the RTM_IFINFO message.
In Linux, the ethtool utility is responsible for this; it has since
begun to use a common driver interface in the past few years.
I believe the FEA code which listens for network stack layer events
already maintains the link state, so most of the work involved in this task
would be to add to the existing configuration syntax, and teach the FEA how to
save and restore the link-layer state.
thanks,
BMS
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