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

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Date:	Fri, 2 Sep 2011 14:11:20 -0700
From:	"Wyborny, Carolyn" <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	"bhutchings@...arflare.com" <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [RFC, 1/2] ethtool: Implement private flags interface for
 ethtool application.



>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Miller [mailto:davem@...emloft.net]
>Sent: Friday, September 02, 2011 1:55 PM
>To: Wyborny, Carolyn
>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.

Fair enough on this particular feature, but does that negate the implementation suggestion altogether?  I can send an updated feature implementation for the use case using DMA Coalescing if that will help.

Thanks,

Carolyn

Carolyn Wyborny
Linux Development
LAN Access Division
Intel Corporation


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