linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] docs: ethtool: clarify the bit-by-bit bitset format description

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Message-ID: <20260211090342.561a9d54@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:03:42 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Yohei Kojima <yk@...oj.net>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
 Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Simon
 Horman <horms@...nel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] docs: ethtool: clarify the bit-by-bit
 bitset format description

On Sat,  7 Feb 2026 19:25:38 +0900 Yohei Kojima wrote:
> Clarify the bit-by-bit bitset format's behavior around mandatory
> attributes and bit identification. More specifically, the following
> changes are made:
> 
> * Rephrase a misleading sentence which implies name and index are
>   mutually exclusive
> * Describe that ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_BITS nest is mandatory
> * Describe that a request fails if inconsistent identifiers are given
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yohei Kojima <yk@...oj.net>

I'm no native speaker but FWIW:

Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>