Re: if_wm: support for INTEL 82571EB_SERDES

[Jason Thorpe <thorpej%shagadelic.org@localhost>]

On Aug 6, 2009, at 10:44 AM, Matthias Drochner wrote:

> But this is not in if_media.h. And the driver will never be able to  
> tell
> whether the lanes are connected to a backplane or a cable, so
> it doesn't make sense to have distinct media types.
> For me, _AUTO or _MANUAL would do it as well because there is
> no choice anyway.

I think _MANUAL is fine.  I did a similar thing with the tlp driver on  
the DEC Multia.


> best regards
> Matthias
>
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