netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] xgbe: Use netlink extack to report errors to ethtool

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Message-ID: <625082b4-96f0-4c24-9f2d-f88500351dad@linux.dev>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:25:53 +0000
From: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev>
To: Raju Rangoju <Raju.Rangoju@....com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: pabeni@...hat.com, kuba@...nel.org, edumazet@...gle.com,
 davem@...emloft.net, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, Shyam-sundar.S-k@....com,
 Vishal Badole <Vishal.Badole@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] xgbe: Use netlink extack to report errors to
 ethtool

On 14/01/2026 04:29, Raju Rangoju wrote:
> From: Vishal Badole <Vishal.Badole@....com>
> 
> Upgrade XGBE driver to report errors via netlink extack instead
> of netdev_error so ethtool userspace can be aware of failures.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vishal Badole <Vishal.Badole@....com>
> Reviewed-by: Shyam Sundar S K <Shyam-sundar.S-k@....com>
> ---
> Changes since v1:
>   - Remove \n at the end of the extack string
>   - Don't use _FMT if there's no formatting going on

Reviewed-by: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev>