linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: core: 'ethtool' issue with querying phy settings

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Message-Id: <20150601.165539.1936083661032448096.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 01 Jun 2015 16:55:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	aparames@...adcom.com
Cc:	ben@...adent.org.uk, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com, rjui@...adcom.com,
	sbranden@...adcom.com, jdzheng@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: core: 'ethtool' issue with querying phy
 settings

From: Arun Parameswaran <aparames@...adcom.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 16:53:19 -0700

> Just so that I don’t make this mistake in the future and to
> understand this better, does this mean that the 'phyad' parameter
> specified in the 'ethtool' command line is ignored ?

It cannot serve any valid purpose for a GET, so yes.