linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v8 05/19] net: ethtool: add new ETHTOOL

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Message-ID: <1455328149.2801.82.camel@decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Sat, 13 Feb 2016 01:49:09 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	David Decotigny <ddecotig@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	fcoe-devel@...n-fcoe.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Eugenia Emantayev <eugenia@...lanox.co.il>,
	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
	Ido Shamay <idos@...lanox.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
	Govindarajulu Varadarajan <_govind@....com>,
	Venkata Duvvuru <VenkatKumar.Duvvuru@...lex.Com>,
	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>,
	Ed Swierk <eswierk@...portsystems.com>,
	Robert Love <robert.w.love@...el.com>,
	"James E.Yuval Mintz" <Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com>,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	David Decotigny <decot@...glers.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v8 05/19] net: ethtool: add new
 ETHTOOL_GSETTINGS/SSETTINGS API

On Tue, 2016-02-09 at 16:29 -0800, David Decotigny wrote:
> From: David Decotigny <decot@...glers.com>
> 
> This patch defines a new ETHTOOL_GSETTINGS/SSETTINGS API, handled by
> the new get_ksettings/set_ksettings callbacks. This API provides
> support for most legacy ethtool_cmd fields, adds support for larger
> link mode masks (up to 4064 bits, variable length), and removes
> ethtool_cmd deprecated fields (transceiver/maxrxpkt/maxtxpkt).
[...]

I previously asked you to include 'link' in the command names and
structure name.  This would clarify that these are now only for link
settings and reduce the risk of confusion between old and new commands.
However, you didn't reply to that review.  Do you have any objection to
doing this?

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Sturgeon's Law: Ninety percent of everything is crap.
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