netdev - Re: [RFC] ethtool: remove phys_id from ethtool

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Date:	Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:08:38 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	shemminger@...tta.com, bhutchings@...arflare.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] ethtool: remove phys_id from ethtool_ops

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 23:57, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:46:54 -0700 (PDT)
>
>> From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
>> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 17:08:30 -0700
>>
>>> Hold this patch until after the Intel and Qlogic driver
>>> changes are merged into net-next. Patches have been submitted
>>> but still waiting for vendor.
>>>
>>> After that all the upstream kernel drivers now use phys_id,
>>> and the old ethtool_ops interface (phys_id) can be removed.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
>>
>> Since everything is now merged, I've applied this.
>
> Actually, it seems we're not ready yet, e1000 still refers
> to phys_id.
>
> Can someone take care of this?

I know that most of our drivers still refer to phys_id, with Bruce's
recent patches to ethtool, we can finish up fixing the patches against
the Intel drivers.  I will make every effort to have patches to you by
Monday/Tuesday.

-- 
Cheers,
Jeff
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