From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750834AbVIFTs5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Sep 2005 15:48:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750835AbVIFTs5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Sep 2005 15:48:57 -0400 Received: from electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com ([213.41.134.224]:48342 "EHLO fr.zoreil.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750834AbVIFTs5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Sep 2005 15:48:57 -0400 Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 21:46:02 +0200 From: Francois Romieu To: Miroslaw Mieszczak Cc: jgarzik@pobox.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Patch for link detection for R8169 Message-ID: <20050906194602.GA20862@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> References: <431DA887.2010008@zabrze.zigzag.pl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <431DA887.2010008@zabrze.zigzag.pl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Organisation: Land of Sunshine Inc. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Miroslaw Mieszczak : > There is a patch to driver of RLT8169 network card. This match make > possible detection of the link status even if network interface is down. > This is usefull for laptop users. (side note: there is maintainer entry for the r8169 and network related patches are welcome on netdev@vger.kernel.org) Can you elaborate why it is usefull for laptop users ? I am sceptical: tg3/bn2x/skge do not seem to allow it either. Jeff, is it a requirement ? -- Ueimor