ethtool: Report link-down while interface is down
authorBen Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Thu, 9 Dec 2010 12:08:35 +0000 (12:08 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:55:23 +0000 (15:55 -0800)
While an interface is down, many implementations of
ethtool_ops::get_link, including the default, ethtool_op_get_link(),
will report the last link state seen while the interface was up.  In
general the current physical link state is not available if the
interface is down.

Define ETHTOOL_GLINK to reflect whether the interface *and* any
physical port have a working link, and consistently return 0 when the
interface is down.

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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