linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/10] cxgb3

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Message-Id: <1166688978.3365.1472.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org>
Date:	Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:16:18 +0100
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Divy Le Ray <divy@...lsio.com>
Cc:	Divy Le Ray <None@...lsio.com>, jeff@...zik.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	swise@...ngridcomputing.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/10] cxgb3 - main source file


> They are used to parameter the HW:
> register access,

ethtool supports that, so shouldn't be an ioctl for sure

>  configuration of queue sets, on board memory 
> configuration,

I'm sure ethtool can do that too

> firmware load, etc ...

and for this we have request_firmware() interface. 

adding device specific ioctl that duplicate functionality that exists or
should exist in a generic way isn't really acceptable for 2.6 kernels
anymore....



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