From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: bhutchings@solarflare.com
Cc: mirq-linux@rere.qmqm.pl, netdev@vger.kernel.org, shemminger@vyatta.com
Subject: Re: [RFT PATCH 3/9] net: ethtool: break association of ETH_FLAG_* with NETIF_F_*
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:27:25 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110620.132725.213071337260033672.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1308600681.2701.159.camel@bwh-desktop>
From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:11:21 +0100
> If we're going to keep changing features (maybe even more often) then we
> have to do something about this sysfs attribute. Maybe get rid of it
> (as it seems not to be widely used, thankfully). Maybe fix it to use
> the same feature values as today, but no new features. But certainly
> don't pretend that feature flags are not exposed.
I'd say we just kill it off, our hands are tied too tightly otherwise.
And this ties in to our efforts to expand netdev->features to a larger
type.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-20 20:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-20 19:14 [RFT PATCH 0/9] Cleanup and extension of netdev features Michał Mirosław
2011-06-20 19:14 ` [RFT PATCH 5/9] net: Define enum for net device features Michał Mirosław
2011-06-20 19:14 ` [RFT PATCH 2/9] net: remove legacy ethtool ops Michał Mirosław
2011-06-20 19:14 ` [RFT PATCH 4/9] net: introduce and use netdev_features_t for device features sets Michał Mirosław
2011-06-20 21:01 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-06-20 19:14 ` [RFT PATCH 3/9] net: ethtool: break association of ETH_FLAG_* with NETIF_F_* Michał Mirosław
2011-06-20 20:11 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-06-20 20:27 ` David Miller [this message]
2011-06-20 20:51 ` Stephen Hemminger
2011-06-20 20:52 ` David Miller
2011-06-20 21:30 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-06-20 19:14 ` [RFT PATCH 9/9] net: move NOCACHE_COPY checks to netdev_fix_features() Michał Mirosław
2011-06-20 19:14 ` [RFT PATCH 6/9] net: ethtool: use C99 array initialization for feature-names table Michał Mirosław
2011-06-20 19:14 ` [RFT PATCH 8/9] net: extend netdev_features_t to 64 bits Michał Mirosław
2011-06-20 19:14 ` [RFT PATCH 7/9] ethtool: prepare for larger netdev_features_t type Michał Mirosław
2011-06-20 21:16 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-06-23 17:50 ` Mahesh Bandewar
2011-06-23 18:03 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-06-23 18:21 ` Mahesh Bandewar
2011-06-23 18:55 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-06-23 20:38 ` Mahesh Bandewar
2011-06-20 19:35 ` [RFT PATCH 0/9] Cleanup and extension of netdev features David Miller
2011-06-20 19:47 ` Michał Mirosław
2011-06-20 19:55 ` [IGNORE PATCH 1/9] Intel net drivers: convert to ndo_fix_features Michał Mirosław
2011-06-21 21:43 ` [RFT PATCH 0/9] Cleanup and extension of netdev features Ben Greear
2011-06-21 21:52 ` Ben Hutchings
2011-06-21 23:27 ` Jeff Kirsher
2011-06-23 17:42 ` Mahesh Bandewar
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