| From: |
| Kyle Moffett <Kyle.D.Moffett@boeing.com> |
| To: |
| linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org |
| Subject: |
| [RFC] Support for unidirectional ethernet links |
| Date: |
| Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:42:16 -0400 |
| Message-ID: |
| <1282938138-17844-1-git-send-email-Kyle.D.Moffett@boeing.com> |
| Cc: |
| Kyle Moffett <kyle@moffetthome.net>,
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org |
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Article |
Hello,
I'm in the process of dusting off some old unidirectional fiber link
patches as part of support for a new custom hardware chassis.
Specifically, a critical piece of the hardware is unidirectional fiber
connections between independent computers, with data transmission
performed using UDP to a static ARP entry.
These first 2 RFC patches provide support for off-the-shelf gigabit
sky2 boards. I also have another fairly trivial patch to "ethtool"
which enables it to configure the new ethtool values.
If these patches are acceptable, I'm going to polish up and refine a
more invasive series which cleans up and extends some of the PHY
ethtool handling to allow PHYs to handle the unidirectional modes in
a driver-specific way.
Cheers,
Kyle Moffett
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