netdev - Re: [net-next 07/14] ice: Rename ethtool private flag for lldp

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Date:   Fri, 23 Aug 2019 18:31:11 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, Dave Ertman <david.m.ertman@...el.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com,
        Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next 07/14] ice: Rename ethtool private flag for lldp

On Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:37:43 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: Dave Ertman <david.m.ertman@...el.com>
> 
> The current flag name of "enable-fw-lldp" is a bit cumbersome.
> 
> Change priv-flag name to "fw-lldp-agent" with a value of on or
> off.  This is more straight-forward in meaning.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Ertman <david.m.ertman@...el.com>
> Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Just flagging this for Dave, it was introduced in v5.2 by:

commit 3a257a1404f8bf751a258ab92262dcb2cce39eef
Author: Anirudh Venkataramanan <anirudh.venkataramanan@...el.com>
Date:   Thu Feb 28 15:24:31 2019 -0800

    ice: Add code to control FW LLDP and DCBX
    
    This patch adds code to start or stop LLDP and DCBX in firmware through
    use of ethtool private flags.
    
    Signed-off-by: Anirudh Venkataramanan <anirudh.venkataramanan@...el.com>
    Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@...el.com>
    Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

And changed once already in v5.3-rc by:

commit 31eafa403b9945997cf5b321ae3560f072b74efe
Author: Anirudh Venkataramanan <anirudh.venkataramanan@...el.com>
Date:   Tue Apr 16 10:24:25 2019 -0700

    ice: Implement LLDP persistence
    
    Implement LLDP persistence across reboots, start and stop of LLDP agent.
    Add additional parameter to ice_aq_start_lldp and ice_aq_stop_lldp.
    
    Also change the ethtool private flag from "disable-fw-lldp" to
    "enable-fw-lldp". This change will flip the boolean logic of the
    functionality of the flag (on = enable, off = disable). The change
    in name and functionality is to differentiate between the
    pre-persistence and post-persistence states.
    
    Signed-off-by: Anirudh Venkataramanan <anirudh.venkataramanan@...el.com>
    Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@...el.com>
    Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>

Perhaps the rename should target net? IDK how much driver flag renaming
is okay otherwise, I guess this will only affect Intel users.