Subject: Re: [PATCH] b44: allow ethtool get_settings when down

From: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 06:25:09 -0500

Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> The FC and Suse startup scripts use ethtool to check for link present. This has 
> problems on my laptop with Broadcom because it quieries settings before
> bringing link up. The problem is driver returns EAGAIN when queried for
> settings but not up. Just go ahead and return values anyway, the supported and link
> state values will be correct, speed will end up being 10BaseT/Half which is a
> reasonable default.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
> 
> diff -Nru a/drivers/net/b44.c b/drivers/net/b44.c
> --- a/drivers/net/b44.c	2004-11-29 09:41:27 -08:00
> +++ b/drivers/net/b44.c	2004-11-29 09:41:27 -08:00
> @@ -1487,8 +1487,6 @@
>  {
>  	struct b44 *bp = netdev_priv(dev);
>  
> -	if (!(bp->flags & B44_FLAG_INIT_COMPLETE))
> -		return -EAGAIN;
>  	cmd->supported = (SUPPORTED_Autoneg);
>  	cmd->supported |= (SUPPORTED_100baseT_Half |
>  			  SUPPORTED_100baseT_Full |

I'm not so sure about this one...

This sounds like working around stupid userland in the kernel?

	Jeff