netdev - Re: [PATCH RFC 0/2] Add extended pause query capability

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Message-ID: <20111014205542.GA9707@mcarlson.broadcom.com>
Date:	Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:55:42 -0700
From:	"Matt Carlson" <mcarlson@...adcom.com>
To:	"Matt Carlson" <mcarlson@...adcom.com>
cc:	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"bhutchings@...arflare.com" <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/2] Add extended pause query capability

On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 01:54:00PM -0700, Matt Carlson wrote:
> The current implementation of get_pauseparam allows userspace to query the
> flow control configuration, but not the flow control status.  This patchset
> defines a new ethtool_pauseparamext structure and adds a new
> get_pauseparamext ethtool callback to support it.  The new facilities allow
> the driver to report both config and status in the same query.
> 
> Please note that Ben Hutchings' suggestion to deduce the flow control settings
> through the 'advertising' and 'lp_advertising' from ETHTOOL_GSET was considered,
> but rejected because there was no way to know if the flow control
> advertisements reported were valid.

Please add the following to the patches.  Sorry Michael.

Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>

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