netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] enable virtio_net to return bus_info in ethtool -i consistent with emulated NICs

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Message-ID: <4EC198D2.9050802@hp.com>
Date:	Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:40:18 -0800
From:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
CC:	Rick Jones <raj@...dy.cup.hp.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Michael Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next] enable virtio_net to return bus_info in
 ethtool -i consistent with emulated NICs

On 11/14/2011 02:30 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-11-14 at 13:52 -0800, Rick Jones wrote:
>> From: Rick Jones<rick.jones2@...com>
>>
>> Add a new .bus_name to virtio_config_ops then modify virtio_net to
>> call through to it in an ethtool .get_drvinfo routine to report
>> bus_info in ethtool -i output which is consistent with other
>> emulated NICs and the output of lspci.
> [...]
>> diff --git a/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c b/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c
>> index 0dc30ff..3724d45 100644
>> --- a/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c
>> +++ b/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c
>> @@ -381,6 +381,11 @@ error:
>>   	return PTR_ERR(vqs[i]);
>>   }
>>
>> +static const char *lg_bus_name(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>> +{
>> +	return "Not Implemented";
>> +}
> [...]
>> +static const char *kvm_bus_name(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>> +{
>> +	return "Not Implemented";
>> +}
> [...]
>
> Please use the existing 'not implemented' value, which is the empty
> string.

Will do.

thanks,

rick
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