netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 8/8] ethtool: regenerate uapi header from the spec

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Message-ID: <20241115150125.77c1edf8@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 15:01:25 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Stanislav Fomichev <stfomichev@...il.com>
Cc: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 donald.hunter@...il.com, horms@...nel.org, corbet@....net,
 andrew+netdev@...n.ch, kory.maincent@...tlin.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 8/8] ethtool: regenerate uapi header from
 the spec

On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 13:56:44 -0800 Stanislav Fomichev wrote:
> > Looks like we need a doc on the enum itself here:
> > 
> > include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h:23: warning: missing initial short description on line:
> >  * enum ethtool_header_flags  
> 
> "Assorted ethtool flags" as placeholder? Any better ideas? These don't seem
> to have a good common purpose :-(

"common ethtool header flags" ?

These are "ethtool level" as in they are request independent / 
do the same thing for all requests (as applicable).