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Date:	Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:41:48 -0800
From:	Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>,
	Laurent Chavey <chavey@...gle.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ethtool : Add option -L | --set-common to set common flags.

That makes sense! The corresponding kernel patch -

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/77815/

is in RFC state. So what does that state mean?

Thanks,
--mahesh..

On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Ben Hutchings
<bhutchings@...arflare.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2011-01-18 at 14:37 -0800, Mahesh Bandewar wrote:
> > This patch adds -L | --set-common option to add / remove common flags which
> > includes loopback flag. The -l | --show-common displays the current values
> > for these common flags.
> [...]
>
> I haven't forgotten this, but I won't apply it until the corresponding
> kernel change is applied.
>
> Ben.
>
> --
> Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
> Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
> They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.
>
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