From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Thomas Martitz <thomas.martitz@hhi.fraunhofer.de>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>,
"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Preferred method for configuration
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 09:01:11 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130808090111.241a2043@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <520332F4.5020206@hhi.fraunhofer.de>
On Thu, 08 Aug 2013 07:56:04 +0200
Thomas Martitz <thomas.martitz@hhi.fraunhofer.de> wrote:
> Resent with list in CC.
>
> Am 08.08.2013 07:41, schrieb Joe Perches:
> > On Thu, 2013-08-08 at 07:32 +0200, Thomas Martitz wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I'm developing a NIC driver and currently export some custom
> >> configuration settings and actions (e.g. enabling a loopback mode) via
> >> sysfs.
> >
> > Is there some reason you don't want to use ethtool?
> >
> >
>
> It doesn't allow for custom settings does it? For standards stuff I'm
> sure going to use ethtool.
Any feature "special to my driver" is sure to meet stiff resistance
from the kernel developers. Special features make it impossible for generic
configuration in distributions and by management layers.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-08 16:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-08 5:32 Preferred method for configuration Thomas Martitz
2013-08-08 5:41 ` Joe Perches
2013-08-08 5:56 ` Thomas Martitz
2013-08-08 9:44 ` Ben Hutchings
2013-08-08 16:01 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2013-08-13 12:13 ` Thomas Martitz
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