netdev - Re: [RFC] ethtool: Support for driver private ioctl's

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Date:   Fri, 6 Apr 2018 15:51:08 +0100
From:   Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com>
CC:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...hat.com>,
        Jakub Jelinek <jj@...ra.linux.cz>,
        Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>,
        "Tim Hockin" <thockin@....com>,
        Eli Kupermann <eli.kupermann@...el.com>,
        "Chris Leech" <christopher.leech@...el.com>,
        Scott Feldman <scott.feldman@...el.com>,
        Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] ethtool: Support for driver private ioctl's

Hi Andrew,

On 06-04-2018 15:47, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 06, 2018 at 02:51:15PM +0100, Jose Abreu wrote:
>> Hi Florian,
>>
>> On 05-04-2018 16:50, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>>> On 04/05/2018 03:47 AM, Jose Abreu wrote:
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to know your opinion regarding adding support for
>>>> driver private ioctl's in ethtool.
>>>>
>>>> Background: Synopsys Ethernet IP's have a certain number of
>>>> features which can be reconfigured at runtime. Giving you two
>>>> examples: One of the most recent one is the safety features,
>>>> which can be enabled/disabled and forced at runtime.
> Hi Jose
>
> Is there a reason somebody would decide to use the Ethernet in
> 'unsafe' mode? Cannot you just turn it on by default?

Yes, its already on by default. I was just trying to give an
example of an user-reconfigurable feature, maybe it was not the
best one :)

Thanks and Best Regards,
Jose Miguel Abreu

>
> 	 Andrew