netdev - wanted_features in cxgb3 driver

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Date:	Sun, 11 Nov 2012 11:14:57 +0200
From:	Kevin Wilson <wkevils@...il.com>
To:	divy@...lsio.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: wanted_features in cxgb3 driver

Hello,
A question:
I saw two assignment to dev->wanted_features in cxgb_extension_ioctl() in
drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/cxgb3_main.c.

This is the only driver which sets wanted_features of netdevice (in
net-next tree).

Is there some special reason for that ?  or is it some legacy matter ?

According to Documentation/networking/netdev-features.txt,
....
netdev->wanted_features set contains feature set requested by user.
...    This set is internal to networking core and should not be
referenced in drivers.
...

rgs,
Kevin
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