Subject: Re: [RFC] ethtool semantics

From: "David S. Miller" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 14:57:23 -0700

On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 23:28:04 +0200
Roger Luethi <[email-masked]> wrote:

> What is the correct response if a user passes ethtool speed or duplex
> arguments while autoneg is on? Some possible answers are:
> 
> a) Yell at the user for doing something stupid.
> 
> b) Fail silently (i.e. ignore command).
> 
> c) Change advertised value accordingly and initiate new negotiation.
> 
> d) Consider "autoneg off" implied, force media accordingly.
> 
> The ethtool(8) man page I'm looking at doesn't address that question. The
> actual behavior I've seen is b) which is by far my least preferred
> solution.

speed and duplex fields should be silently ignored in this case