netdev - Re: [PATCH NEXT 1/2] linux/ethtool: Added macro ETH_FW_DUMP

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Date:	Tue, 15 May 2012 15:01:54 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Manish Chopra <manish.chopra@...gic.com>
CC:	<davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<Dept_NX_Linux_NIC_Driver@...gic.com>,
	<anirban.chakraborty@...gic.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH NEXT 1/2] linux/ethtool: Added macro ETH_FW_DUMP_DISABLE

On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 07:13 -0400, Manish Chopra wrote:
> From: Manish chopra <manish.chopra@...gic.com>
> 
> o flag field of ethtool_dump structure must be initialized by this macro
> value that is zero, if the firmware dump is disabled.
> by this we can get the firmware dump capability [enable/disable] via ethtool
> 
> Signed-off-by: Manish chopra <manish.chopra@...gic.com>
Reviewed-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>

> ---
>  include/linux/ethtool.h |    7 ++++++-
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h
> index 89d68d8..fea2ac0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
> +++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h
> @@ -661,12 +661,17 @@ struct ethtool_flash {
>   * 	%ETHTOOL_SET_DUMP
>   * @version: FW version of the dump, filled in by driver
>   * @flag: driver dependent flag for dump setting, filled in by driver during
> - * 	  get and filled in by ethtool for set operation
> + *        get and filled in by ethtool for set operation.
> + *        flag must be initialized by macro ETH_FW_DUMP_DISABLE value when
> + *        firmware dump is disabled.
>   * @len: length of dump data, used as the length of the user buffer on entry to
>   * 	 %ETHTOOL_GET_DUMP_DATA and this is returned as dump length by driver
>   * 	 for %ETHTOOL_GET_DUMP_FLAG command
>   * @data: data collected for get dump data operation
>   */
> +
> +#define ETH_FW_DUMP_DISABLE 0
> +
>  struct ethtool_dump {
>  	__u32	cmd;
>  	__u32	version;

-- 
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