netdev - Re: [PATCH] ethtool: Don't flush n-tuple list from ethtool

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Date:	Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:29:33 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)
From:	"Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P" <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P" <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ethtool: Don't flush n-tuple list from ethtool_reset()

On Wed, 17 Feb 2010, Ben Hutchings wrote:

> The n-tuple list should be flushed if and only if the ETH_RESET_FILTER
> flag is set and the driver is able to reset filtering/flow direction
> hardware without also resetting a component whose flag is not set.
> This test is best left to the driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>

Yes, this was the intent.  Thanks for cleaning this bit up in the ethtool 
core.

-PJ
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