Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6] (1/3) add ethtool ioctl forwarding to vlan

From: Ben Greear <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 11:02:48 -0700

Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> When network devices are used in bridges, the bridge does an ethtool
> ioctl to pick up the speed; this doesn't work with vlans.
> This patch makes any ethtool gets forwarded to the under lying
> real device.  It seemed to make sense to do MII as well.

Looks good to me.  I'll also send a patch against 2.6.8 (when it's out)
to bring the 2.6 VLAN code up to date with the latest 2.4 stuff.

Thanks,
Ben

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Ben Greear <[email-masked]>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com