netdev - Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH] ethtool: Add n-tuple string length to drvinfo and return it

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Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:08:32 -0800
From:	Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	"jeff@...zik.org" <jeff@...zik.org>,
	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"gospo@...hat.com" <gospo@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH] ethtool: Add n-tuple string length to
 drvinfo and return it

On Fri, 2010-02-26 at 05:11 -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:05:19 -0500
> 
> > NAK.  Did you even read the patch?
> 
> I did, brain doesn't work sometimes :-)
> 
> > We don't increase the size of struct ethtool_drvinfo, _especially_ by
> > sticking struct members into the middle of the struct.
> > 

Brain lapse.  When you mentioned ABI not being locked down until 2.6.34
is dropped, I didn't think.

I'm testing your proposed change, and once I have it working, I'll give
it to Jeff K. to get pushed along with a new userspace patch.

> > What do you think 'reserved' is for???
> 
> Right, I'll revert, thanks.


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