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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: Use of 'SIOCDEVPRIVATE' in ethernet drivers.
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 14:05:20 -0500 (EST)
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From: Giri Reddy <giri.reddy@qlogic.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 18:21:17 +0000

> Are we still allowed to use 'SIOCDEVPRIVATE' in drivers if there the
> deprecation efforts are on hold.

To say that use of SIOCDEVPRIVATE is discouraged would be an
understatement.

Please create a generic ethtool based facility that other drivers in
similar situations can use as well.