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Date:	Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:23:19 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	carolyn.wyborny@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC, 1/2] ethtool: Implement private flags interface for
 ethtool application.

On Fri, 2011-09-02 at 16:55 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> 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.

I agree.

Ben.

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