netdev - Re: [PATCH V4 net-next 4/6] ethtool: extend ringparam setting uAPI with rx_buf

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Date:   Mon, 25 Oct 2021 15:11:49 +0200
From:   Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>
To:     Guangbin Huang <huangguangbin2@...wei.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 net-next 4/6] ethtool: extend ringparam setting uAPI
 with rx_buf_len

On 14.10.2021 19:39:41, Guangbin Huang wrote:
> From: Hao Chen <chenhao288@...ilicon.com>
> 
> Add two new parameters ringparam_ext and extack for
> .get_ringparam and .set_ringparam to extend more ring params
> through netlink.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hao Chen <chenhao288@...ilicon.com>
> Signed-off-by: Guangbin Huang <huangguangbin2@...wei.com>

While discussing a different ethtool ring param extension, Andrew Lunn
suggested a different approach to extend the get/set_ringparam
callbacks. See:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/YXaimhlXkpBKRQin@lunn.ch/

regards,
Marc

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