netdev - RE: [PATCH 1/1] ixgbe: add the external ixgbe fiber transceiver status

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Date:   Thu, 9 Feb 2017 19:08:43 +0000
From:   "Tantilov, Emil S" <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>
To:     Zhu Yanjun <yanjun.zhu@...cle.com>,
        "Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        "broonie@...nel.org" <broonie@...nel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/1] ixgbe: add the external ixgbe fiber transceiver
 status

>-----Original Message-----
>From: netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:netdev-owner@...r.kernel.org] On
>Behalf Of Zhu Yanjun
>Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2017 7:03 PM
>To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>; broonie@...nel.org;
>davem@...emloft.net; intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org;
>netdev@...r.kernel.org
>Subject: [PATCH 1/1] ixgbe: add the external ixgbe fiber transceiver status
>
>When the ixgbe fiber transceiver is external, it is necessary to get
>the present/absent status of this external ixgbe fiber transceiver.

The transceiver field was deprecated in the old ethtool API and is being
removed in the new. This patch will not apply at all once those changes are made:

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/725081/

Thanks,
Emil