netdev - Re: [PATCH 09/10] net: remove /sys/class/net/*/features

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Message-ID: <20110714204603.GB16759@rere.qmqm.pl>
Date:	Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:46:03 +0200
From:	Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/10] net: remove /sys/class/net/*/features

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 05:50:37PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:10:30 +0200 (CEST)
> Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl> wrote:
> 
> > The same information and more can be obtained by using ethtool
> > with ETHTOOL_GFEATURES.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
> Changing user visible API has to go through a longer process
> such as putting it in feature-removal-schedule.txt for a while
> (at couple of releases) before removing.

Well, it's broken and prevents improving then features infrastructure.
Besides, it was never documented and meaing of bits it returns is
already kernel version dependent.

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław
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