netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/4] phylib: preserve ifreq parameter when calling generic phy_mii

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Message-Id: <20100705.190314.246518903.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:03:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	richardcochran@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] phylib: preserve ifreq parameter when calling
 generic phy_mii_ioctl()

From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 07:33:03 +0200

> The phy_mii_ioctl() function unnecessarily throws away the original ifreq.
> We need access to the ifreq in order to support PHYs that can perform
> hardware time stamping.
> 
> Two maverick drivers filter the ioctl commands passed to phy_mii_ioctl().
> This is unnecessary since phylib will check the command in any case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richard.cochran@...cron.at>

Applied.
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