Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 16:04:28 +0100 From: "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@FreeBSD.org> To: Antoine Brodin <antoine@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, Gavin Atkinson <gavin@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net if_media.h Message-ID: <483D747C.6040008@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1211975749.93683.21.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> References: <200805271833.m4RIXI2Y021272@repoman.freebsd.org> <1211975749.93683.21.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk>
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Gavin Atkinson wrote: > On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 18:33 +0000, Antoine Brodin wrote: >> >> MFC to RELENG_6: >> Move "1000baseT" from IFM_SUBTYPE_ETHERNET_DESCRIPTIONS to >> IFM_SUBTYPE_ETHERNET_ALIASES: there is already "1000baseTX" in >> IFM_SUBTYPE_ETHERNET_DESCRIPTIONS. This doesn't change ifconfig >> behaviour. >> > > I'm not sure if this is any more correct than it was before. 1000baseT > and 1000baseTX are incompatible standards. > > See http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20050307191901.H32508 for an > example of where this has come up before. The real bug is probably that > we claim to support 1000baseTX at all. > That sounds pretty clear to me. Perhaps this change should be backed out and done the other way around (make 1000baseTX the alias) ?
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