From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: bhutchings@solarflare.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@solarflare.com
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] ethtool: Add reset operation
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:14:24 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091001.131424.157091984.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1254426195.2735.16.camel@achroite>
From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:43:15 +0100
> After updating firmware stored in flash, users may wish to reset the
> relevant hardware and start the new firmware immediately. This should
> not be completely automatic as it may be disruptive.
>
> A selective reset may also be useful for debugging or diagnostics.
>
> This adds a separate reset operation which takes flags indicating the
> components to be reset. Drivers are allowed to reset only a subset of
> those requested, and must report the actual subset. This allows the
> use of generic component masks and some future expansion.
This looks fine to me.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-01 20:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-01 19:43 [RFC][PATCH] ethtool: Add reset operation Ben Hutchings
2009-10-01 20:14 ` David Miller [this message]
2009-10-02 10:40 ` Ajit Khaparde
2009-10-02 11:00 ` Ben Hutchings
2009-10-07 8:28 ` David Miller
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