From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen-OTpzqLSitTUnbdJkjeBofR2eb7JE58TQ@public.gmane.org>
To: David Decotigny <ddecotig-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v8 00/19] new ETHTOOL_GSETTINGS/SSETTINGS API
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 16:56:42 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160210165642.6f8576d2@xeon-e3> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1455064168-5102-1-git-send-email-ddecotig-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 16:29:09 -0800
David Decotigny <ddecotig-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Along the way, I chose to drop in the new structure the 3 ethtool_cmd
> fields marked "deprecated" (transceiver/maxrxpkt/maxtxpkt). They are
> still available for old drivers via the (old) ETHTOOL_GSET/SSET API,
> but are not available to drivers that switch to new API. Of those 3
> fields, ethtool_cmd::transceiver seems to be still actively used by
> several drivers, maybe we should not consider this field deprecated?
> The 2 other fields are basically not used. This transition requires
> some care in the way old and new ethtool talk to the kernel.
Please just fix old drivers. It is perfectly acceptable to break any
out of tree drivers.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-11 0:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-10 0:29 [PATCH net-next v8 00/19] new ETHTOOL_GSETTINGS/SSETTINGS API David Decotigny
2016-02-10 0:29 ` [PATCH net-next v8 01/19] lib/bitmap.c: conversion routines to/from u32 array David Decotigny
[not found] ` <1455064168-5102-2-git-send-email-ddecotig-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-02-13 1:04 ` Ben Hutchings
2016-02-10 0:29 ` [PATCH net-next v8 02/19] test_bitmap: unit tests for lib/bitmap.c David Decotigny
[not found] ` <1455064168-5102-3-git-send-email-ddecotig-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-02-13 1:39 ` Ben Hutchings
2016-02-10 0:29 ` [PATCH net-next v8 03/19] net: usnic: remove unused call to ethtool_ops::get_settings David Decotigny
2016-02-10 0:29 ` [PATCH net-next v8 04/19] net: usnic: use __ethtool_get_settings David Decotigny
2016-02-10 0:29 ` [PATCH net-next v8 05/19] net: ethtool: add new ETHTOOL_GSETTINGS/SSETTINGS API David Decotigny
[not found] ` <1455064168-5102-6-git-send-email-ddecotig-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-02-13 1:49 ` Ben Hutchings
2016-02-18 19:49 ` David Decotigny
2016-02-10 0:29 ` [PATCH net-next v8 06/19] tx4939: use __ethtool_get_ksettings David Decotigny
2016-02-10 0:29 ` [PATCH net-next v8 07/19] net: usnic: " David Decotigny
2016-02-10 0:29 ` [PATCH net-next v8 08/19] net: bonding: " David Decotigny
2016-02-10 0:29 ` [PATCH net-next v8 09/19] net: ipvlan: " David Decotigny
2016-02-10 0:29 ` [PATCH net-next v8 10/19] net: macvlan: " David Decotigny
2016-02-10 0:29 ` [PATCH net-next v8 11/19] net: team: " David Decotigny
2016-02-10 0:29 ` [PATCH net-next v8 12/19] net: fcoe: " David Decotigny
2016-02-10 0:29 ` [PATCH net-next v8 13/19] net: rdma: " David Decotigny
2016-02-10 0:29 ` [PATCH net-next v8 14/19] net: 8021q: " David Decotigny
2016-02-10 0:29 ` [PATCH net-next v8 15/19] net: bridge: " David Decotigny
2016-02-10 0:29 ` [PATCH net-next v8 16/19] net: core: " David Decotigny
2016-02-10 0:29 ` [PATCH net-next v8 17/19] net: ethtool: remove unused __ethtool_get_settings David Decotigny
2016-02-10 0:29 ` [PATCH net-next v8 18/19] net: mlx4: convenience predicate for debug messages David Decotigny
2016-02-10 0:29 ` [PATCH net-next v8 19/19] net: mlx4: use new ETHTOOL_G/SSETTINGS API David Decotigny
[not found] ` <1455064168-5102-1-git-send-email-ddecotig-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-02-11 0:56 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
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