netdev - Re: [RFC, 1/2] ethtool: Implement private flags interface for ethtool application.

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Message-Id: <20110902.165524.1076389492712310664.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:55:24 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	carolyn.wyborny@...el.com
Cc:	bhutchings@...arflare.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC, 1/2] ethtool: Implement private flags interface for
 ethtool application.

From: Carolyn Wyborny <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>
Date: Fri,  2 Sep 2011 13:50:30 -0700

> This patch completes the user space implementation of the private
> flags inteface in ethtool. Using -b/-B options.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Carolyn Wyborny <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>

The only use case you show here is something generic which other
chips have, Energy Efficient Ethernet.

Making an attribute private which is present widely amonst various
networking chips makes no sense at all.

It deserved a generic ethtool flag.

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