netdev - Re: [PATCH] netxen: sparse warning and ioctl bug fixes

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Date:	Wed, 6 Dec 2006 08:30:36 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...l.org>
To:	"Amit S. Kale" <amitkale@...syssoft.com>
Cc:	"Amit S. Kale" <amitkale@...xen.com>,
	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netxen: sparse warning and ioctl bug fixes

On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 21:40:34 +0530
"Amit S. Kale" <amitkale@...syssoft.com> wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
> 
> This patch looks good. 
> 
> ioctls: NetXen chip is far more generic and will eventually show a significant 
> amount of functionality in different products. We need ioctl analysis for 
> user level tools that can tell states of registers etc. Removing ioctls all 
> together will make any analysis from userland extremely difficult.

Use (and extend) existing ethtool interface to get registers and statistics.


> 
> Does anyone have ideas on improving this ioctl interface?
> 
> Thanks.
> -Amit
> 
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