netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] ethtool: Complete kernel-doc comments for RX flow filter and hash control

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Date:	Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:46:20 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Santwona Behera <santwona.behera@....com>,
	Peter Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com,
	Dimitris Michailidis <dm@...lsio.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] ethtool: Complete kernel-doc comments for
 RX flow filter and hash control

On Tue, 2010-09-07 at 15:41 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> There are now several interfaces within the ethtool API for getting
> and setting RX flow filtering and hashing behaviour, most of which are
> poorly documented.  This adds kernel-doc comments for all these
> interfaces, based on the existing incomplete comments and on the
> initial implementations.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
> ---
> Santwona, Peter,
> 
> Please point out any errors and any information that should be added to
> the comments to explain the significant differences between the RXNFC
> and RXNTUPLE interfaces.
[...]
> +/**
> + * struct ethtool_rx_ntuple - command to get or set RX flow filter
> + * @cmd: Specific command number - %ETHTOOL_GRXNTUPLE or %ETHTOOL_SRXNTUPLE

Of course this is wrong - ETHTOOL_GRXNTUPLE uses struct ethtool_gstrings
instead.

Ben.

> + * @fs: Flow filter specification
> + */
>  struct ethtool_rx_ntuple {
>  	__u32					cmd;
>  	struct ethtool_rx_ntuple_flow_spec	fs;

-- 
Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
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