[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Provide a module option which configures the natsemi driver to use the
external MII port on the chip but ignore any PHYs that may be attached to it.
The link state will be left as it was when the driver started and can be
configured via ethtool. Any PHYs that are present can be accessed via the MII
ioctl()s.
This is useful for systems where the device is connected without a PHY or
where either information or actions outside the scope of the driver are
required in order to use the PHYs.
Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Tim Hockin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
NAK.
The proper way to do this is via the force_media boolean flag found in
several net drivers.
In general I agree with the motivation to do something like this...
Jeff
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