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[Xen-devel] [PATCH] netfront: support ethtool's get_link()

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Subject:	[Xen-devel] [PATCH] netfront: support ethtool's get_link()
From:	Mark McLoughlin <markmc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:16:07 +0100
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Hi,
        Attached is a very simple patch to support ethtool's get_link()
operation. This allows things like NetworkManager's and anaconda's
carrier detection code to work with netfront.

        It seems sane to take the simple approach of reporting the link as
active as soon as we've connected to the backend device. It's irrelevant
whether the physical device in dom0 has link, since there could well be
someone else on the bridge responding.

        I haven't looked at any of the other ethtool operations.

Cheers,
Mark.

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