netdev - RE: [PATCH net 2/4] be2net: Fix ethtool get drvinfo

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Date:	Thu, 2 May 2013 13:32:47 +0000
From:	"Kotur, Somnath" <Somnath.Kotur@...lex.Com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Purayil, Kalesh" <Kalesh.Purayil@...lex.Com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net 2/4] be2net: Fix ethtool get drvinfo

> Although I documented that as being possible in ethtool.h, that was only
> because of one particular caller that has since been removed (commit
> e52ac3398c3d 'net: Use device model to get driver name in
> skb_gso_segment()').  So unless I missed another case, you could change the
> documentation.

Yes, will do so though I guess with that, it would no longer qualify as a bug-fix ,but would be more of a  cleanup(net-next) patch.

Thanks
Som