e1000e: Expose MDI-X status via ethtool change
Ethtool is a standard way of getting information about
ethernet interfaces. We enhance ethtool kernel interface
& e1000e to make the MDI-X status readable via ethtool in
userspace.
Signed-off-by: Chaitanya Lala <clala@riverbed.com>
Signed-off-by: Arthur Jones <ajones@riverbed.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
index 3d64356..1bf4d2a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/ethtool.c
@@ -167,6 +167,15 @@
ecmd->autoneg = ((hw->phy.media_type == e1000_media_type_fiber) ||
hw->mac.autoneg) ? AUTONEG_ENABLE : AUTONEG_DISABLE;
+
+ /* MDI-X => 2; MDI =>1; Invalid =>0 */
+ if ((hw->phy.media_type == e1000_media_type_copper) &&
+ !hw->mac.get_link_status)
+ ecmd->eth_tp_mdix = hw->phy.is_mdix ? ETH_TP_MDI_X :
+ ETH_TP_MDI;
+ else
+ ecmd->eth_tp_mdix = ETH_TP_MDI_INVALID;
+
return 0;
}