netdev - Re: [PATCH] ethtool: Don't flush n-tuple list from ethtool

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Message-Id: <20100217.133934.143869560.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:39:34 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com
Cc:	bhutchings@...arflare.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ethtool: Don't flush n-tuple list from ethtool_reset()

From: "Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P" <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:29:33 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

> On Wed, 17 Feb 2010, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 
>> The n-tuple list should be flushed if and only if the ETH_RESET_FILTER
>> flag is set and the driver is able to reset filtering/flow direction
>> hardware without also resetting a component whose flag is not set.
>> This test is best left to the driver.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
> 
> Yes, this was the intent.  Thanks for cleaning this bit up in the ethtool 
> core.

Patch applied, thanks everyone.
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