netdev - Re: [RFC] ethtool: Support for driver private ioctl's

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Date:   Fri, 6 Apr 2018 16:47:01 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Jose Abreu <Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...hat.com>,
        Jakub Jelinek <jj@...ra.linux.cz>,
        Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>, Tim Hockin <thockin@....com>,
        Eli Kupermann <eli.kupermann@...el.com>,
        Chris Leech <christopher.leech@...el.com>,
        Scott Feldman <scott.feldman@...el.com>,
        Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Joao Pinto <Joao.Pinto@...opsys.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC] ethtool: Support for driver private ioctl's

On Fri, Apr 06, 2018 at 02:51:15PM +0100, Jose Abreu wrote:
> Hi Florian,
> 
> On 05-04-2018 16:50, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> >
> > On 04/05/2018 03:47 AM, Jose Abreu wrote:
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I would like to know your opinion regarding adding support for
> >> driver private ioctl's in ethtool.
> >>
> >> Background: Synopsys Ethernet IP's have a certain number of
> >> features which can be reconfigured at runtime. Giving you two
> >> examples: One of the most recent one is the safety features,
> >> which can be enabled/disabled and forced at runtime.

Hi Jose

Is there a reason somebody would decide to use the Ethernet in
'unsafe' mode? Cannot you just turn it on by default?

	 Andrew