On 11/17/2016 04:08 AM, Allan W. Nielsen wrote: > From: Raju Lakkaraju <raju.lakkar...@microsemi.com> > > Add ethtool get and set tunable to access PHY drivers. > > Ethtool Help: ethtool -h for PHY tunables > ethtool --set-phy-tunable DEVNAME Set PHY tunable > [ downshift on|off [count N] ] > ethtool --get-phy-tunable DEVNAME Get PHY tunable > [ downshift ] > > Ethtool ex: > ethtool --set-phy-tuanble eth0 downshift on > ethtool --set-phy-tuanble eth0 downshift off > ethtool --set-phy-tuanble eth0 downshift on count 2
s/tunable/tunable/ Since this will be used as examples for people testing this feature, this is kind of important to get the example right ;) Other than that: Acked-by: Florian Fainelli <f.faine...@gmail.com> Tested-by: Florian Fainelli <f.faine...@gmail.com> > > ethtool --get-phy-tunable eth0 downshift > > Signed-off-by: Raju Lakkaraju <raju.lakkar...@microsemi.com> > Signed-off-by: Allan W. Nielsen <allan.niel...@microsemi.com> > --- > +.B downshift > +For operation in cabling environments that are incompatible with 1000BASE-T, > +PHY device provides an automatic link speed downshift operation. Might be worth mentioning that this is particularly useful if you are using a cable which does not have the 4 pairs for instance. -- Florian
