On Fri, 2018-12-07 at 12:40 -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>
> On 12/7/18 9:26 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > Would you be happier if .ndo_change_carrier() only acted on Fixed PHYs?
> >
> > I think it makes sense to allow a fixed phy carrier to be changed from
> > user space. However, i don't think
On 12/7/18 9:26 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> Would you be happier if .ndo_change_carrier() only acted on Fixed PHYs?
>
> I think it makes sense to allow a fixed phy carrier to be changed from
> user space. However, i don't think you can easily plumb that to
> .ndo_change_carrier(), since that is a MA
> Would you be happier if .ndo_change_carrier() only acted on Fixed PHYs?
I think it makes sense to allow a fixed phy carrier to be changed from
user space. However, i don't think you can easily plumb that to
.ndo_change_carrier(), since that is a MAC feature. You need to change
the fixed_phy_stat
On Fri, 2018-12-07 at 15:15 +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
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>
> > Been a bit busy today but now I have played with dormant using ip link and
> > got some odd results:
> > # > ifconfig eth0
> > eth0: flags=4163 mtu 1500
> > inet 172.20.0.246 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 172.20.255.255
> >
> Been a bit busy today but now I have played with dormant using ip link and
> got some odd results:
> # > ifconfig eth0
> eth0: flags=4163 mtu 1500
> inet 172.20.0.246 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 172.20.255.255
> inet6 fe80::ad9c:b230:1da8:1821 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20
>
On Thu, 2018-12-06 at 20:43 +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
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> > I can have a look at using dormant, but what is change_carrie
> I can have a look at using dormant, but what is change_carrier
> supposed to do if not this?
It is intended for interfaces which are stacked, like the team driver,
and for devices which don't have a phy, e.g. tun, and dummy.
> I didn't find a tool for DORMANT, I guess i will have to write one
>
On Thu, 2018-12-06 at 17:54 +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>
> > I wish I had a proper DSA/Switchdev driver in place but I don't :(
> > Adding one is not impossible but then a lot of our user space app needs
> > fixing so all
> > in all it it a fairly big project.
> > Anyhow, these carrier additions s
> I wish I had a proper DSA/Switchdev driver in place but I don't :(
> Adding one is not impossible but then a lot of our user space app needs
> fixing so all
> in all it it a fairly big project.
> Anyhow, these carrier additions should be fine I think?
I'm not too sure about that. You are potent
On Thu, 2018-12-06 at 17:21 +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
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> > > Hi Joakim
> > >
> > > Please could you explain the use cas
> > Hi Joakim
> >
> > Please could you explain the use case for this.
>
> I have an eth I/F connected to an internal (on board) switch which has an
> external port to a mgmt network.
> Whenever the external link is broken I want inform linux IP stack that the
> link is down on the internal eth
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> On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 04:31:25PM +0100, Joakim Tjernlund wrot
On Thu, Dec 06, 2018 at 04:31:25PM +0100, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> This allows to control carrier from /sys/class/net/ethX/carrier
Hi Joakim
Please could you explain the use case for this.
Andrew
This allows to control carrier from /sys/class/net/ethX/carrier
Signed-off-by: Joakim Tjernlund
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drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c | 11 +++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
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