netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net/ethtool: Add support for the ethtool feature to flash firmware image from a specified file.

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Message-ID: <4A9F5A6C.6080600@garzik.org>
Date:	Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:55:56 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Ajit Khaparde <ajitk@...verengines.com>, davem@...emloft.net
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net/ethtool: Add support for the ethtool
 feature to flash firmware image from a specified file.

On 09/03/2009 01:33 AM, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>> diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h
>> index 90c4a36..15e4eb7 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h
>> @@ -362,6 +362,18 @@ struct ethtool_rxnfc {
>> __u32 rule_locs[0];
>> };
>>
>> +#define ETHTOOL_FLASH_MAX_FILENAME 128
>> +enum ethtool_flash_op_type {
>> + ETHTOOL_FLASH_ALL_REGIONS = 0,
>> +};
>> +
>> +/* for passing firmware flashing related parameters */
>> +struct ethtool_flash {
>> + __u32 cmd;
>> + __u32 region;
>> + char data[ETHTOOL_FLASH_MAX_FILENAME];
>> +};
>
> It passes a _filepath_ directly into the kernel? That seems quite wrong...

doh, nevermind.  Catching up...

	Jeff



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