netdev - Re: [ethtool] ethtool: --set-eee sends ETHTOOL

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Date:	Sat, 6 Oct 2012 00:14:27 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
CC:	Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<gospo@...hat.com>, <sassmann@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [ethtool] ethtool: --set-eee sends ETHTOOL_SEEE ioctl even if
 nothing changed

On Tue, 2012-09-18 at 20:20 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>
> 
> When setting EEE parameters with the --set-eee command line option,
> ethtool will send the ETHTOOL_SEEE ioctl down to the driver even if
> none of the provided parameters are a change from current settings.
> Simply ignore it when that happens as done with other ethtool commands.
[...]

Applied, thanks.  Sorry for the slow response.

Ben.

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