netdev - Re: query: Can ethtool be used to print Expansion ROM version of the adapter?

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Message-ID: <1422417161.2709.10.camel@decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 28 Jan 2015 03:52:41 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Hariprasad S <hariprasad@...lsio.com>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Nirranjan Kirubaharan <nirranjan@...lsio.com>,
	Casey Leedom <leedom@...lsio.com>,
	Kumar A S <kumaras@...lsio.com>
Subject: Re: query: Can ethtool be used to print Expansion ROM version of
 the adapter?

On Wed, 2015-01-28 at 02:18 +0000, Hariprasad S wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> For printing the Expansion ROM version of the adapter, we were thinking if ethtool
> could be used for it ?
> There are fields in ethtool_drvinfo to display fw_version and driver_version. Also,
> there are two reserved fields present. Are these two reserved fields already in use ?
> Could anyone of the reserved field be used to print the custom adapter info like
> Expansion ROM version ?

Yes, I think reserved1 could be used for this.  But you should rename it
in the header and update the comment to indicate what it's now being
used for.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Teamwork is essential - it allows you to blame someone else.

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