netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next 0/6] net: hns3: support set_link_ksettings and for nway

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Message-ID: <F4CC6FACFEB3C54C9141D49AD221F7F93B95ED02@FRAEML521-MBX.china.huawei.com>
Date:   Fri, 3 Nov 2017 16:01:00 +0000
From:   Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@...wei.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, "lipeng (Y)" <lipeng321@...wei.com>
CC:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linuxarm <linuxarm@...wei.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 0/6] net: hns3: support set_link_ksettings and
 for nway_reset ethtool command

Hi Andrew,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Lunn [mailto:andrew@...n.ch]
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2017 3:52 PM
> To: lipeng (Y)
> Cc: davem@...emloft.net; netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-
> kernel@...r.kernel.org; Linuxarm; Salil Mehta
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] net: hns3: support set_link_ksettings
> and for nway_reset ethtool command
> 
> On Fri, Nov 03, 2017 at 12:18:24PM +0800, Lipeng wrote:
> > This patch-set adds support for set_link_ksettings && for nway_resets
> > ethtool command and fixes some related ethtool bugs.
> > 1, patch[4/6] adds support for ethtool_ops.set_link_ksettings.
> > 2, patch[5/6] adds support ethtool_ops.for nway_reset.
> > 3, patch[1/6,2/6,3/6,6/6] fix some bugs for getting port information
> by
> >    ethtool command(ethtool ethx).
> 
> Hi Lipeng
> 
> Do you want the fixes applied to net, and back ported to stable?
> 
> If so, you need to submit them separately, and against the correct
> tree.
Yes, you are correct. This should have been submitted against net repo.
But now this patch-set has been accepted by Dave for net-next do you
think we can still submit it again against Dave's net repo?

Thanks
Salil

> 
> 	Andrew