[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] netfront: support ethtool's get_link()
Hi, I hadn't spotted that netfront already supports some ethtool ops. That was just dumb; apologies. More correct patch attached. Thanks, Mark. On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 16:16 +0100, Mark McLoughlin wrote: > Hi, > Attached is a very simple patch to support ethtool's get_link() > operation. This allows things like NetworkManager's and anaconda's > carrier detection code to work with netfront. > > It seems sane to take the simple approach of reporting the link as > active as soon as we've connected to the backend device. It's irrelevant > whether the physical device in dom0 has link, since there could well be > someone else on the bridge responding. Attachment:
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