Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] tun: change speed from 10M to dynamically configured

From: yzhu1 <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 10:45:50 +0800

On 02/12/2015 08:55 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 13:35:23 +0800
> Zhu Yanjun <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> From: Zhu Yanjun <[email-masked]>
>>
>> The default speed of normal nic is 1000M while the default speed
>> of tun is 10M. Now the default speed of tun is changed to 1000M.
>> And there are 3 options: 10M, 100M and 1000M to the speed of tun.
>> The command "ethtool -s tun0 speed 10/100/1000" can configure the
>> speed of tun dynamically.
>>
>> CC: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email-masked]>
>> CC: Jason Wang <[email-masked]>
>> CC: Al Viro <[email-masked]>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhu Yanjun <[email-masked]>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhu Yanjun <[email-masked]>
> Why limit to 10/100/1000 speed?
> Ethtool speed can be any value
Thanks for your comments.

Yes. But the real physical nic speed often 10M, 100M and 1000M.
This simulates the physical nic.

Zhu Yanjun