Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/26] e1000: Deprecate mii-tool SIOCMIIREG ioctl

From: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:49:58 -0400

Kok, Auke wrote:
> Deprecate mii-tool SIOCMIIREG ioctl. This ioctl is broken in e1000 and
> ethtool has this functionality in working order.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Auke Kok <[email-masked]>

This doesn't "deprecated" anything, it changes the ABI on a user's 
machine by _removing_ ioctl handling code that used to be there.

What's broken, and what is needed to fix?  Perhaps e1000 should instead 
be limited to 10/100 networks/speeds?

	Jeff