Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:56:22 +0100 From: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> To: FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: "ifconfig media off"? Message-ID: <600A8C6C-DAB4-4E22-A034-38224017166B@lassitu.de>
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I'm currently writing a driver to configure an ethernet switch chip (see = TL-WR1043ND on -embedded). I noticed that there doesn't seem to be a way to power down a phy right = now through the ifconfig media command. Would there be objections to extend the media subtype definitions to = include an "off", "poweroff" or "down" media subtype, and add code to = the relevant phy drivers to power down the phy for this media subtype? The difference between media subtype "none" and this new one would be = that there will be no link, even if there is a physical connection. = With media subtype "none", a 10 MBit/s half-duplex connection is = established, potentially confusing the remote end about the availability = of this link. On the local side, the link is down, so no packets are = exchanged. Stefan --=20 Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Fon +49 151 14070811
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