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Subject: Re: RFC further mii(4) changes
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On Apr 21, 2011, at 8:33 PM, Marius Strobl wrote:

Hi,

I fear the change is too big for me to review currently.

One thing I am still pondering is whether we would be able to reserve =
enough spares (wherever needed) to be able to eventually allow to =
query-through and gather a lot more information than we currently expose =
via ifconfig.  It would be really great to be able to ask for all the =
bits.  Not sure how linux for example handles that for mii-tool/ethtool =
or how those things work, but .. well you get it.

I should not forget to mention that I think what you are trying to do in =
harmonizing things currently is excellent progress!

Bjoern

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