netdev - Re: [net-next 08/12] ixgb: convert to new VLAN model

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Date:	Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:18:28 +1000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
Cc:	"Tantilov, Emil S" <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>,
	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"bphilips@...ell.com" <bphilips@...ell.com>,
	"Pieper, Jeffrey E" <jeffrey.e.pieper@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next 08/12] ixgb: convert to new VLAN model

On Wed, 2011-01-26 at 19:53 -0800, Jesse Gross wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:20 AM, Tantilov, Emil S
> <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com> wrote:
[...]
> > Sure, but I think a savvy user would always check the result of an
> > ethtool command (ie. `ethtool -K` followed with `ethtool -k`, -A/-a,
> > etc).
> 
> Probably, but it seems the less savviness required from the user the
> better.  Regardless, it doesn't affect anything here, it would just be
> a change to the userspace tool.

I am intending to modify ethtool so that it will report any other
offload settings that were changed automatically.

Ben.

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