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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen-netfront: report link speed to ethtool



On Fri, 2011-11-18 at 17:48 +0100, Olaf Hering wrote:
> Add .get_settings function, return fake data so that ethtool can get
> enough information. For some application like VCS, this is useful,
> otherwise some of application logic will get panic.
> The reported data refers to VMWare vmxnet.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xin Wei Hu <xwhu@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Chunyan Liu <cyliu@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@xxxxxxxxx>

NAK, we should not just make things up.

Ben.

> ---
>  drivers/net/xen-netfront.c |   12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: linux-3.2-rc2/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-3.2-rc2.orig/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
> +++ linux-3.2-rc2/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
> @@ -1727,6 +1727,17 @@ static void netback_changed(struct xenbu
>       }
>  }
>  
> +static int xennet_get_settings(struct net_device *netdev, struct ethtool_cmd 
> *ecmd)
> +{
> +     ecmd->supported = SUPPORTED_1000baseT_Full | SUPPORTED_TP;
> +     ecmd->advertising = ADVERTISED_TP;
> +     ecmd->port = PORT_TP;
> +     ecmd->transceiver = XCVR_INTERNAL;
> +     ecmd->speed = SPEED_1000;
> +     ecmd->duplex = DUPLEX_FULL;
> +     return 0;
> +}
> +
>  static const struct xennet_stat {
>       char name[ETH_GSTRING_LEN];
>       u16 offset;
> @@ -1774,6 +1785,7 @@ static const struct ethtool_ops xennet_e
>  {
>       .get_link = ethtool_op_get_link,
>  
> +     .get_settings = xennet_get_settings,
>       .get_sset_count = xennet_get_sset_count,
>       .get_ethtool_stats = xennet_get_ethtool_stats,
>       .get_strings = xennet_get_strings,
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