Re: [PATCH] 3c59x: read current link status from phy

a serial protocol, such that each MII register read is in fact about 200 (in total) of outw and inw/inl operations. -- Bogdan Costescu IWR - Interdisziplinaeres Zentrum fuer Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Universitaet Heidelberg, INF 368, D-69120 Heidelberg, GERMANY Telephone: +49 6221 54 8869, Te

Re: [PATCH] 3c59x: read current link status from phy

rrupt whenever the link changes, which can be used instead of polling for link state. This feature is not used in the 3c59x driver and could give you much less than 10 seconds accuracy - but you have to code it. ;-) -- Bogdan Costescu IWR - Interdisziplinaeres Zentrum fuer Wissenschaftlich

Re: [PATCH] 3c59x: read current link status from phy

t for "portfast". -- Bogdan Costescu IWR - Interdisziplinaeres Zentrum fuer Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Universitaet Heidelberg, INF 368, D-69120 Heidelberg, GERMANY Telephone: +49 6221 54 8869, Telefax: +49 6221 54 8868 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the li

Re: [PATCH] 3c59x: read current link status from phy

this operation is I/O expensive - it is performed inside a region protected by a spinlock - it is performed often, every 60 seconds Is there some specific hardware that exhibits a problem that is solved by this double reading ? -- Bogdan Costescu IWR - Interdisziplinaeres Zentrum fuer Wissenschaftl