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

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Date:	Wed, 8 Jan 2014 16:02:28 +0000
From:	Giri Reddy <giri.reddy@...gic.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Use of 'SIOCDEVPRIVATE' in ethernet drivers.

Thanks for the input. I will explore the 'ethtool' option. We will have
multiple control frames exchanged between user space and kernel for
every flash update operation, most of this will be proprietary stuff
that will get exchanged - I will explore how to provide a generic
interface for that.

Giri

> Maybe a debugfs or sysfs filesystem would work better than adding ioctl';s

IOCTL option is off the table based on feedback from DaveM. I'm
considering 'sysfs' as an option along with 'ethtool', making this
generic without too much proprietary taint will be the problem that
needs to be solved.

Giri

>

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