netdev - RE: [PATCH V2 net-next 2/3] lan78xx: add ethtool set & get pause functions

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Date:	Fri, 19 Feb 2016 00:16:03 +0000
From:	<Woojung.Huh@...rochip.com>
To:	<ben@...adent.org.uk>, <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH V2 net-next 2/3] lan78xx: add ethtool set & get pause
 functions

> > Ben, thanks for comments.
> > How about comment in include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h?
> > It says
> > ** struct ethtool_pauseparam - Ethernet pause (flow control) parameters
> > ...
> > * If @autoneg is non-zero, the MAC is configured to send and/or
> > * receive pause frames according to the result of autonegotiation.
> >
> > Doesn't this mean get_pauseparam() returns pause settings based on
> > Result of autonegotation? Not manual settings of rx_param & tx_param?
> 
> No, get_pauseparam should return the same settings that were passed to
> the last set_pauseparam.
> 
> Ben.

I used drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e driver as reference.
It's implementation also returns status updated after autonegotiation.
Look into wrong one?

Woojung