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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 4/5] ixgbe: Add Flow Director
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From: "Waskiewicz Jr, Peter P" <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 00:28:17 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

> On Fri, 8 Jan 2010, David Miller wrote:
> 
>> Use a generic ethtool boolean flag or similar, not "yet another
>> different-in-every-driver" module parameter please.
> 
> Something added to the setflags routine perhaps?

Yeah, something via 'struct ethtool_flags' is probably appropriate.