netdev - Re: [PATCH] netdev: driver: ethernet: add sysfs interface for ti cpsw

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Date:	Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:16:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	s-paulraj@...com
Cc:	cyril@...com, mugunthanvnm@...com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netdev: driver: ethernet: add sysfs interface for ti
 cpsw

From: <s-paulraj@...com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:51:26 -0400

> From: Sandeep Paulraj <s-paulraj@...com>
> 
> This patch adds sysfs entries for address lookup engine entries and
> control for the ALE(address lookup engine) found in TI SOC's.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sandeep Paulraj <s-paulraj@...com>

You may not create private, driver specific, unique interfaces to
configure your hardware.

You must use existing facilities such as ethtool to add such things.
If the existing facilities are insufficient, you must extend them to
meet your (and potentially other's) needs.
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