netdev - Re: [RFC][PATCH] ethtool: Add reset operation

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Date:	Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:28:40 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	ajitk@...verengines.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] ethtool: Add reset operation

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:00:19 +0100

> On Fri, 2009-10-02 at 16:10 +0530, Ajit Khaparde wrote:
> [...]
>> Can you tell the intention behind this copy_to_user?
>> Do you envision drivers sending back some data to the userland - may be
>> sometime in future?
> 
> This allows userland to see which components were actually reset.

Patch applied, thanks.
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