netdev - Re: [PATCH] ethtool: implement G/SFEATURES calls

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Message-ID: <1296341255.3477.67.camel@localhost>
Date:	Sun, 30 Jan 2011 08:47:35 +1000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ethtool: implement G/SFEATURES calls

On Sat, 2011-01-29 at 19:39 +0100, Michał Mirosław wrote:
[...]
> @@ -196,8 +202,8 @@ static struct option {
>  		"		[ rx-mini N ]\n"
>  		"		[ rx-jumbo N ]\n"
>  	        "		[ tx N ]\n" },
> -    { "-k", "--show-offload", MODE_GOFFLOAD, "Get protocol offload information" },
> -    { "-K", "--offload", MODE_SOFFLOAD, "Set protocol offload",
> +    { "-k", "--show-offload", MODE_GOFFLOAD, "Get protocol offload information (deprecated)" },
> +    { "-K", "--offload", MODE_SOFFLOAD, "Set protocol offload (deprecated)",
>  		"		[ rx on|off ]\n"
>  		"		[ tx on|off ]\n"
>  		"		[ sg on|off ]\n"
[...]

I see no reason to deprecate the existing options.

Ben.

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