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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. -- Ben Hutchings, Staff Engineer, Solarflare Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job. They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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