netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next 09/10] bnxt_en: Support for "ethtool -r" command

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Date:   Mon, 19 Sep 2016 08:27:38 +0000
From:   "Mintz, Yuval" <Yuval.Mintz@...ium.com>
To:     Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 09/10] bnxt_en: Support for "ethtool -r" command

> Restart autoneg if autoneg is enabled.

> +	if (!(link_info->autoneg & BNXT_AUTONEG_SPEED))
> +		return -EINVAL;

Looks like a lot of the of implementations of this ethtool
are unconditionally doing the reset.
Perhaps the right thing to do is check for autoneg availability
at the ethtool core itself?

[Not an objection to this patch in any way as there are tens
of implementations doing the same; Simply noting this]