netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/5] ethtool netlink interface, preliminary part

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Date:   Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:07:48 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     mkubecek@...e.cz
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com,
        jiri@...nulli.us, andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        linville@...driver.com, stephen@...workplumber.org,
        johannes@...solutions.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/5] ethtool netlink interface, preliminary
 part

From: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:58:09 +0100 (CET)

> As Jakub Kicinski suggested in ethtool netlink v7 discussion, this
> submission consists only of preliminary patches which raised no objections;
> first four patches already have Acked-by or Reviewed-by.
> 
> - patch 1 exposes permanent hardware address (as shown by "ethtool -P")
>   via rtnetlink
> - patch 2 is renames existing netlink helper to a better name
> - patch 3 and 4 reorganize existing ethtool code (no functional change)
> - patch 5 makes the table of link mode names available as an ethtool string
>   set (will be needed for the netlink interface) 
> 
> Once we get these out of the way, v8 of the first part of the ethtool
> netlink interface will follow.
> 
> Changes from v2 to v3: fix SPDX licence identifiers (patch 3 and 5).
> 
> Changes from v1 to v2: restore build time check that all link modes have
> assigned a name (patch 5).

Series applied to net-next, thanks.