Abdulla; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 02/10] forcedeth: power down phy when interface is
down
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:53:58 -0800
"Ed Swierk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 12/13/07, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > D
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:53:58 -0800
"Ed Swierk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 12/13/07, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Does this patch actually fix any observeable problem?
>
> Without the patch, ifconfig down leaves the physical link up, which
> confuses datacenter users who expec
Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:11:55 -0800
> "Ayaz Abdulla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I would not include this patch until further testing is performed.
>> NVIDIA MCP chips use 3rd party PHY vendors. By powering down the
>> phy, it could have adverse affects on certain phys.
>
On 12/13/07, Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does this patch actually fix any observeable problem?
Without the patch, ifconfig down leaves the physical link up, which
confuses datacenter users who expect the link lights both on the NIC
and the switch to go out when they bring an interfa
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:11:55 -0800
"Ayaz Abdulla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would not include this patch until further testing is performed.
> NVIDIA MCP chips use 3rd party PHY vendors. By powering down the phy, it
> could have adverse affects on certain phys.
>
> Ayaz
>
>
> -Original
I would not include this patch until further testing is performed.
NVIDIA MCP chips use 3rd party PHY vendors. By powering down the phy, it
could have adverse affects on certain phys.
Ayaz
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