netdev - Re: Use of 'SIOCDEVPRIVATE' in ethernet drivers.

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Message-Id: <20140107.140520.1985936966889106257.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 07 Jan 2014 14:05:20 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	giri.reddy@...gic.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Use of 'SIOCDEVPRIVATE' in ethernet drivers.

From: Giri Reddy <giri.reddy@...gic.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 18:21:17 +0000

> Are we still allowed to use 'SIOCDEVPRIVATE' in drivers if there the
> deprecation efforts are on hold.

To say that use of SIOCDEVPRIVATE is discouraged would be an
understatement.

Please create a generic ethtool based facility that other drivers in
similar situations can use as well.
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