netdev - Re: [PATCH] ethtool: ETHTOOL_SFEATURES: remove NETIF_F

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Date:	Tue, 24 May 2011 15:39:30 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl
Cc:	bhutchings@...arflare.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ethtool: ETHTOOL_SFEATURES: remove NETIF_F_COMPAT
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From: Micha┅ Miros┅aw <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 11:14:37 +0200

> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 12:03:31PM +0200, Micha┅ Miros┅aw wrote:
>> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 02:09:58PM -0400, David Miller wrote:
>> > You guys really need to sort this out properly.
>> > Please resubmit whatever final solution is agreed upon.
>> I noticed that v2.6.39 was tagged today. We should definitely remove
>> NETIF_F_COMPAT so it won't bite us in the future. The other patch that
>> fixes ethtool_ops->set_flags compatibility is a bugfix, so it should go
>> in - if we decide that the SFEATURES compatibility should be removed
>> it won't matter.
>> 
>> Ben, do you agree?
> 
> Ping?
> 
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/95552/
> (this is a bugfix, so should go to stable)
> 
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/95753/
> (removes ETHTOOL_F_COMPAT; this we need to decide on)

You and Ben are still arguing over details.

I want fresh versions of these patches (yes, both of them) once
all of the issues are resolved.
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