Re: [PATCHv1] e1000e: Allow ethtool to enable/disable loopback.

From: Mahesh Bandewar <redacted>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 16:11:21 -0700

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Michał Mirosław [off-list ref] wrote:

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2011/5/11 Mahesh Bandewar [off-list ref]:

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This patch adds e1000_set_features() to handle loopback mode. When loopback
is enabled, it enables internal-MAC loopback.

Please wait for this driver's conversion to hw_features. One comment
below, though.

This is not intrusive so should not create problems when that happens.

Right and the Intel maintainer folks can resolve such conflicts
anyways.