On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:28:10 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> Camaleón put forth on 11/23/2010 2:38 AM:
>>> It's not a bug. It's feature incomplete. It seems clear that the
>>> author(s) never intended it to be used on virtual NICs.
>>
>> Then better than providing wrong information to the user is displaying
>> nothing or a simple warning ("feature not -yet- implemented").
>
> Or, maybe the authors assume people will use the tool as intended:
There is a slight difference in the output of "mii-tool" and "ethtool"
when specifying a bonded interface. While the first shows unrealistic
data, the latter just says "No data available" which I find it a better
approach (trustworthy, at least).
> This utility checks or sets the status of a network interface's
> Media Independent Interface (MII) unit. Most fast ether-
> net adapters use an MII to autonegotiate link speed and duplex
> setting.
>
> Virtual adapters don't have an MII. MII is hardware in silicon. Virtual
> adapters don't have silicon.
Then better don't say (not "you", but mii-tool) virtual link is at 10
Mbit/s. That's misleading.
> It should be clear to anyone reading the mii-tool man page, and
> possessing some common sense, that the tool will not work properly on a
> virtual adapter. If you don't understand this, talk to the authors:
(...)
No need to be "picky", everything can be improved. Error management and
user interaction are also an important part of programming design and
development.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.11.24.07.21...@gmail.com
