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Date:      Thu, 26 Feb 2015 01:50:51 +0300
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Eric Joyner <ricera10@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com>, Mike Karels <mike@karels.net>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Adding new media types to if_media.h
Message-ID:  <20150225225051.GE17947@glebius.int.ru>
In-Reply-To: <CA%2Bb0zg-ANPQQUpUOg5iq5MTfTAuw7_jq=DtCeym6mDxpdPNm5w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 02:42:16PM -0800, Eric Joyner wrote:
E> Tbh, I respect Gleb's approach, but developing such a thing would take a
E> while; the fix Mike proposed would be a fix now.
E> 
E> I mean, I'd like to see a decoupling of media types and speeds from
E> "standard" names, and maybe have both an ability to query what modules a
E> device supports and what speeds it supports given its current module,
E> instead of relying on the clunky media type list now. And then it'd be nice
E> to set flow control from ifconfig, too, without having to couple those
E> modes to media types. I'm still all for having a new system in the future.
E> 
E> But in changing the KPI so much, it'd be important to consider the "do we
E> need an ethtool-equivalent" discussion.
E> 
E> And I think we've lost a bunch of people who were in the original
E> discussion from the to:/cc: list.

Actually the amount of code for my approach is approximately the same
as with Mike's. The only thing we must sit down and think without a hurry
are the required and spare fields for new if_media. We definitely need
input from Adrian on his net80211 requirements, and input from all involved
parties.

I'm willing to code this if we all agree on the topic, so that you will
code all done and commited before 10.2-RELEASE.

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.



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