netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] cxgb4: add ethtool self

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Message-ID: <20200717180251.GC1339445@lunn.ch>
Date:   Fri, 17 Jul 2020 20:02:51 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Vishal Kulkarni <vishal@...lsio.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, nirranjan@...lsio.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] cxgb4: add ethtool self_test support

On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 07:17:55PM +0530, Vishal Kulkarni wrote:
> This series of patches add support for below tests.
> 1. Adapter status test
> 2. Link test
> 3. Link speed test
> 4. Loopback test

Hi Vishal

The loopback test is pretty usual for an ethtool self test. But the
first 3 are rather odd. They don't really seem to be self tests. What
reason do you have for adding these? Are you trying to debug a
specific problem?

	 Andrew