[Hardy LUM] SRU: atl1e: Enable ethtool support

[Stefan Bader]

Colin Ian King wrote:
> LP#349478
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24/+bug/349478
> 
> SRU justification:
> 
> Impact: Newer Atheros L1c NICs with PCI ID's 0x1969:1067 and 0x1969:1063
> do not have carrier sense detected by NetworkManager - hence
> NetworkManager cannot sense ethernet cable plug/unplug events.
> 
> Fix: Patch attached - enable ethtool support in driver to allow
> NetworkManager detect that the L1c NICs have carrier sense capability.
> 
> Testcase: Without the patch, boot up the machine without the cable
> attached and then plug in the cable and nothing happens - no network
> connection is configured - uplug and plug and nothing happens. With the
> patch repeated ethernet cable plug/unplug actions work and the NIC is
> correctly configured by NetworkManager.
> 
> ----
> Notes:
> 
> This patch simply turns on ethtool support L1c NICs - the ethtool source
> code already existed in the driver but was not originally enabled or
> compiled in.
> 
> Note that the patch does not enable ethtool support for the L1e NICs
> (also supported in the driver) because this code is applicable only for
> older versions of the kernel.
> 
> Attached: The patch
> 
> 
ACK, wow, it took me a few seconds to realize this is for standard Hardy and I 
am not getting deja-vu's...

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