netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/3 net-next] tg3: Add sysfs file to export sensor data

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jun 2012 15:24:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	mchan@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, nsujir@...adcom.com,
	mcarlson@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3 net-next] tg3: Add sysfs file to export sensor data

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:25:54 +0100

> On Mon, 2012-06-25 at 14:04 -0700, Michael Chan wrote:
>> And please elaborate on the private ioctl.
> 
> Every driver gets to handle SIOCDEVPRIVATE .. SIOCDEVPRIVATE+15.  But
> avoid the first 3, as userland may blindly try to use them for MDIO.
> David may of course tell you that you should under no circumstances
> actually do this.

Indeed. :-)
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