Re: v3 [PATCH 2/2] de4x5: Remove developer debug feature about set/clear promisc

[Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 11:24:33AM +0800, Wang Chen wrote:
> Grant Grundler said the following on 2008-6-29 1:52:
> >> @@ -1004,8 +1004,8 @@ struct de4x5_ioctl {
> >>  */
> >>  #define DE4X5_GET_HWADDR	0x01 /* Get the hardware address */
> >>  #define DE4X5_SET_HWADDR	0x02 /* Set the hardware address */
> >> -#define DE4X5_SET_PROM  	0x03 /* Set Promiscuous Mode */
> >> -#define DE4X5_CLR_PROM  	0x04 /* Clear Promiscuous Mode */
> >> +#define DE4X5_SET_PROM  	0x03 /* Obsoleted. Set Promiscuous Mode */
> >> +#define DE4X5_CLR_PROM  	0x04 /* Obsoleted. Clear Promiscuous Mode */
> > 
> > Please just remove them. If the kernel isn't going to provide the
> > functionality, I'd rather any apps that attempt to use it break
> > when they compile (vs later when they try to be run).
> 
> OK. I removed the macros, but left comment to prevent people from reusing
> the code 0x03 and 0x04.

LGTM.
Jeff, can you please apply this?

> IFF_PROMISC flag shouldn't be set or cleared by drivers, because
> whether device be promisc mode is decided by how many upper layer
> callers being referenced to it.
> And the promisc changing feature of de4x5 ioctl is developer debug
> feature, we can remove it now.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wang Chen <wangchen@cn.fujitsu.com>

Acked-by: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>

> ---
> diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.c b/drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.c
> index bc30c6e..617ef41 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.c
> @@ -5514,22 +5514,6 @@ de4x5_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
>  	netif_wake_queue(dev);                      /* Unlock the TX ring */
>  	break;
>  
> -    case DE4X5_SET_PROM:             /* Set Promiscuous Mode */
> -	if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) return -EPERM;
> -	omr = inl(DE4X5_OMR);
> -	omr |= OMR_PR;
> -	outl(omr, DE4X5_OMR);
> -	dev->flags |= IFF_PROMISC;
> -	break;
> -
> -    case DE4X5_CLR_PROM:             /* Clear Promiscuous Mode */
> -	if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) return -EPERM;
> -	omr = inl(DE4X5_OMR);
> -	omr &= ~OMR_PR;
> -	outl(omr, DE4X5_OMR);
> -	dev->flags &= ~IFF_PROMISC;
> -	break;
> -
>      case DE4X5_SAY_BOO:              /* Say "Boo!" to the kernel log file */
>  	if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN)) return -EPERM;
>  	printk("%s: Boo!\n", dev->name);
> diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.h b/drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.h
> index f5f33b3..9f28774 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.h
> @@ -1004,8 +1004,7 @@ struct de4x5_ioctl {
>  */
>  #define DE4X5_GET_HWADDR	0x01 /* Get the hardware address */
>  #define DE4X5_SET_HWADDR	0x02 /* Set the hardware address */
> -#define DE4X5_SET_PROM  	0x03 /* Set Promiscuous Mode */
> -#define DE4X5_CLR_PROM  	0x04 /* Clear Promiscuous Mode */
> +/* 0x03 and 0x04 were used before and are obsoleted now. Don't use them. */
>  #define DE4X5_SAY_BOO	        0x05 /* Say "Boo!" to the kernel log file */
>  #define DE4X5_GET_MCA   	0x06 /* Get a multicast address */
>  #define DE4X5_SET_MCA   	0x07 /* Set a multicast address */
>